In the midst of the teacher walk-out, which we supported, we also received a pretty large tax benefit from selling a couple of properties and not having to pay Oklahoma capital gains.

For example an email to your property management company dated pre-departure or something.Another thing that the book stated was that the IRS tax code uses the words "ordinary" and "necessary" for expense write offs. 

And then yes, more tax benefits with more properties. 

There is a lot of turnover in contractors that work for HD, because HD really squeezes all the profit out and leaves the contractors with little $ for their effort, so they cut a lot of corners wherever they can in an attempt to actually make some $, and then they quit after a few poorly done projects that nobody except HD benefits from. 

With proper strategies, you can use the tax-sheltering benefits of such a plan to compound earnings over time and build a significant amount of wealth to draw on in your sunset years.Self-directed IRA and 401(k) plans are not for everyone. 

In other words, over 8 years will go by before you break even on your investment.This is ignoring any rise in property value, which you wouldn't benefit from unless you sold it, anyway.Even after 30 years, it is still less than a 9% ROI.

go on craigslist and put in 0 miles from those zip codes and see what the results are. 

The owner claims everything is up to code, but he has no paperwork to show electrical, plumbing, and HVAC is inspected by the city,  or a certificate of occupancy.

You give the agent the zip codes you are wanting to look in, price range, and size.

It's an awesome system if you get smart on manipulating your benefits to get the best redemptions.