I don't remember, but I may have been slightly negative for a while on a couple of the properties I listed above, and am very happy with the ones I kept, and regret the ones I didn't.It's similar to putting a monthly deposit into an IRA or other retirement vehicle, with better potential and inflation hedge IMO.

I am getting pre-approved so I can write an offer.I am also going to set up an IRA LLC (Roth) soon to purchase properties as well (I've been a good boy an put money aside for years and done pretty well in stocks)... more on this later as well.Observations...This stuff is fun.

With a Traditional IRA you will pay more in taxes. 

The lender I have worked with will accept 50% of the amount in a retirement plan as a reserve (401K or IRA etc).

I started out by lending money from my self-directed IRA, which was less work than wholesaling.

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But I don't know the first thing about putting a business together, now I was told that funneling my cash flow into a Roth IRA had limitations to the tune of $6,000 per year.

Just attended 2 great meetups this week...1 on Self Directed IRA investing and the other on commercial building investing....message me and I'll point you in the right direction once I understand what avenue you plan to go here...Welcome to the A!

@Malik SargentRecently I went to a continuing education class for my real estate license and it was this “working with investors class”.At the end of the class they gave their pitch for their company and what they do is train people to be hard money lenders by using their IRAs and cash that they’ve saved.

I also own multiple LTR's in 2 different ROTH IRA's.