., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)

You don't want this to be your first Investment.This first Investment gave me the experience to also buy a second, more riskier but more rewarding Investment with that same Partner.To put things into perspective, the date was 1997.

There are countless neighborhoods near downtown Tucson and close to the UA that from a location perspective are unrivaled.

Keep perspective. 

I would say the down side is that having a loan will reduce your loan capacity so it would be detrimental from that perspective. 

We run into this in Orygun a little its been a traditional LOW money EM environment at least from my perspective of working in the SF Bay area for 30 years.. were EM is traditionally 10% of purchase price or at least 5 to 10k to even get your contract looked at.. when I came to Oregon people would use 500 and 1,000 and that was the norm here. now to be competitive they have upped that I see 30 to 5k very often and sometimes higher.But if your in low value asset markets IE wholesaling old tired homes that your buying for 1k to 50k I can see lower EM being the norm..

Everyone seems to be leading more towards buy and hold, so that definitely puts some things into perspective.

I wanted to know what are your views and perspectives on sweat equity if you know how to do all of the work yourself ?

From my perspective, this has been a positive development. 

Thanks a bunch for the perspectives.