., 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.)

Win/Win means satisfying each parties success the most possible.

For the record, serious investor-buyers almost never do this; It's always the newbies, who are scared of their own shadow and unable to be satisfied with a great deal!

Carhartt's and pickup do not a manager make.If that doesn't satisfy you then my next suggestion would be to start asking tons of questions and read about how each of the building systems works.

@Michael PlanteBlackrock purchased sfh for a few reasons.1) easy to model the costs and rents2) supply is larger3) they can corner the rental market in certain neighborhoods It's relatively easy to model model the costs of a post 1980 sfh and easy to model the rents.If your looking to spend billions it's hard to find enough small multifamily to satisfy that demand, also they are usually older which makes estimating costs harder.It's simple to just buy most of the available homes in a certain neighborhood that are good rentals with billions of dollars.

In future i'd love to live somewhere that qualifies for USDA loans - though everywhere but Augusta, ME that satisfies my targets for investment and therefore living in the short-term are ineligible (4.i).Foreclosures:I don't know even nearly enough to seek this as a venture.

I think they have given you permission to bombard them with correspondence. email, phone call, write a letter. 3x a day until satisfied.

Another thing that I think isn't discussed enough, on top of the financial return of this, their is a very satisfying feeling of taking a home that was in dire shape and turning it into a place that people would love to live in.  

Some months may be short, but when everything is occupied and clicking, it can be very satisfying as an investor.

This may be the start of a slow and steady process to realize your dreams, but the alternative is to keep doing what you have been doing, and you're clearly not satisfied with that, right?!!