I have broken down 4 key benefits to a retirement account: 1) Compounding interest in the absence of taxation (particularly with a Roth IRA) 2) Ability to self-direct into alternative assets, like real estate, private real estate partnerships/syndications, crypto, gold & silver and other alternative investments. 3) Credit protection (see state specific laws), but generally inherent protections. 4) Upon death, if setup properly, probate avoidance 

Now consider this: all the groups people are spending fortunes to target—foreclosures, absentee owners, probate leads, tax liens—what do they have in common?

I have found it is beneficial to rent your smaller homes with the program and your larger homes (same number of bedrooms) in the private market.

Based on your real estate investment strategy, figure out who could be the best private money lender (PML) match.

I used a private lendor to fund the re-hab (cash) and owner financed the purchase price (minus down payment) I have a bank account linked to Stessa and I see the cash deposit in the transaction tab. 

Surplus line is what I have been looking for as I am involved with an older property that is typically found to be uninsurable by a lot of other mainstream insurance companies due to the properties age and some of its original features and surroundings, I just have a question and have done some reading on this and it's really not too clear and it sounds it can go either way really with this and I'm fairly new to all this so I am learning a lot of things as I go but should the private non traditional mortgage lender be listed as additional insured while the person occupying & buying the home and also purchasing the property from the lender be listed as mortgagee?

I’m really hoping the new administration can get Freddie and Fannie privatized.

You could easily spend a lot of capital to start with something else but doing the house hack gets you started and your feet wet.

@Joe Villeneuve around 300K of equity in the houseSell the house, take the equity, spend it or use it on your next house where you are moving to. 

Also, what if you spend thousands of dollars on a brand-new DADU, only to have the seller reaqcuire the house?