You could make upwards of 10%-12% on your money as opposed to the .06% on average you'd get in a savings account (though reserves are very important too!).

as opposed to a sfrYou could live and learn at the same time

The critical element is your intent to acquire and hold properties for rental, investment or business use as opposed to acquiring properties to rehab and then sell.

I have to say I gravitate towards getting a professionally printed sign as opposed to a handwritten one.

If someone defaults it would be a tiny blimp as opposed to if you gave this guy a VTB and he defaulted you could stand to lose a lot more .

There are a ton of different "schools" offering the course, and even a few that will knock it out in two long weekends as opposed to one night a week for a few months.

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As such, there is no place to apply deductions to reduce that non-existent taxation.The real way to look at the benefits of self-directing a retirement plan is; "Can my retirement savings grow better investing in real estate as opposed to conventional financial products?"

My hope would be that, just as bad tenants can sometimes be avoided through a complex vetting process, buying a building that's in great shape as opposed to a fixer-upper might allow for some repairs, but certainly not all, to be reasonably worked into a budget.  

The trade off is you will have to pay for title as opposed to seller paying for title insurance, but often the title provided by the seller in these transactions is worthless.