Not many who are do, but I've personally found it to be a great benefit.

@Noemi Contreras-Woods,Bob is right - if your SD IRA invests in a property or anything else, you personally cannot benefit from it directly, only the IRA may benefit.It works like this...When your IRA or 401(k) is with a brokerage such as Fidelity, Charles Schwab, etc., you typically can only have those funds be invested in what the brokerage offers.

There are also the benefits of being able to access the MLS etc, etc, etc I guess it depends on you really.. how involved do you want to be involved with real estate?

I just watched a webinar from Government Funding Solutions and Sean Carpenter touting the benefits of Government Funding to fund your deals.

And the benefit of finding a tenant quickly too.I appreciate the advice to switch PMs but so far the PM has done a decent job dealing with eviction, cleanup , and finding a new tenant.Thank you.

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I also have a contact @ Mars bank, who happens to be an investor and on BP, he's been great help.As for utilities , if the reo clearly states as-is and or no utilities will be turned on, then it's up to you, and your inspection is purely for your benefit.

I heard Bill Murray's group is building a development near downtown Charleston using containers, a high rent area, which may be the sweet spot for this product, vs the country where folks can buy a brick ranch home for $50,000.One advantage I see is stack-ability: if you can get around 3-5 units high, that could offer nice benefits on tough/tight sites.  

This will take the emotion out and make it a smoother process with peace of mind (and other benefits).  

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.