Of course it's normal for the Interest Rate to be higher for Investment borrowing - but, it's still historically low.You're in the perfect situation to continue with the BRRRR strategy - using JUST your current Rental as security (if you prefer).

I would stay away from a house that old normally but literally everything was updated.

Normally peoplesmart is pretty good, but sometimes there just aren't records for a person.

Your looking at properties with that many bedrooms to have mother in law suits on the top floor normally, maybe some smaller side by sides.

My question is, how do you normally perform your market research or nationwide market research?

A SDIRA follows all the same rules and a normal IRA or Roth IRA would. 

Overall, the Central Texas housing market is beginning to normalize to more stable market conditions.Here are the basic stats on single-family homes sales for February 2017 for the City of Austin and the Greater Austin Area:Below are excerpts of from the press release from the Austin Board of REALTORS®.The February 2017 Central Texas Housing Market Report....showed a slowdown in single-family home sales growth throughout the Austin Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in February 2017, indicating that the Central Texas housing market is beginning to normalize to more stable market conditions.From Brandy Guthrie, 2017 President of the Austin Board of REALTORS®:“The Central Texas housing market is just now beginning to catch up to itself after years of unprecedented sales growth.

I just found out the cause of my $700 bill (it's normally $300, and I split it with my tenant next door).

I am normally obsessive about order in the kitchen, especially around the stove.  

I like that having them I don't feel obligated to first plumber that walks in at 10pm at night with his 5x normal price schedule in my tenant's hour of need.