Closing agents know how to present a document, get it signed and retire that document confidentially.

It was a dump, fixed it up and now it is 100% occupied, stable and cash-flowing.

Account Closedif your retirement account buys the property, the the title to the property is taken in the name of an IRA or 401k (not you).

No matter what kind of experience you have in your field, when you go on your own getting an SBA loan is not only annoying, but is almost impossible.If you roll all your old retirement accounts into a Solo 401K, you can borrow 50% of your funds up to $50,000.

Other areas might be more expensive but have more solid and stable income tenants with less cash flow and more appreciation.It all depends if you need big cash flow today or quality properties to hold for retirement and equity growth.I do commercial and not SFR but I think finding an agent who has the network to show you the properties is the way to go.

Some retiring landlords just want a stable cash flow without the maintenance issues so you might get away with title insurance for closing costs (so they have no cash out of pocket).

I have been studying the Real Estate IRA concept for some time, have a pretty good understanding of how it works and its rules, and am getting ready to buy our first investment property with it, a single-family house.Our goal is to buy a place we may eventually live in after retirement age.

Together we plan to build a Real Estate Investment business that Donna will take over full-time when she retires in a couple of years.

My long term goals are to eventually make enough cash flow or constant wholesales to be able to quite , retire sounds a little better, my job and work for myself.

One of the things that you could do is to take 'Participant Loan' tax and penalty free and use those funds outside of a retirement account (not available with SDIRA).