It looks like the liability associated with an self-directed plan is the reason most companies will shy away from this set up.

I used my spare time to study the many different ways to invest, from publicly-traded securities to direct real estate to private equity (angel investing).One of the opportunities I discovered was real estate investment trusts through Ralph Block's Investing in REITs book and the National Association of REITs site.

The National Restaurant Association lobby obviously missed out here.

I found a lease extension form online but it specifically states: "Use of this form by persons who are not members of the Texas Association of Realtors is not authorized" (of which I am not).

It sounds like it's reducing the cost of those expenses from their actual value down to the tax that would be paid on the associated revenue.

A power dialer that calls all the numbers associated with the contact and for me to take notes efficiently that get automatically inputted to the CRM.

You'd want to factor in the taxes and fees associated with selling one property and buying another (some of that 55-60k would get eaten there), but your returns could be substantially higher than what you're projecting for your house as a rental. 

[ONLY IF A SHARES EXIST] The option to sell shares to be determined by "A share" holder, president of LLC, otherwise if the president elects per below:Restricted sale provision:Shares of LLC are not marketable except to existing shareholders or to a prospective shareholder if and only if unanimous agreement from the existing shareholders.Selling to new shareholders or selling off a portion or all of the real estate: If shareholder voting is unanimous, a portion of or the entirety of the underlying real estate can be sold to a new shareholder and/or removed from the LLC ownershipLLC shareholder(s) buyout of shareholder: If any existing shareholder desires to dispose of their shares (and the desire is not unanimous as in part 2), they must be offered to existing shareholders at XX% of current assessed tax value of the underlying real estate associated with the shares.

Should save you some money because you are paying for them to go out to the store and the travel time associated with purchasing them. 

Perhaps most importantly puts me in connection with required business associates of similar resources and experience to myself also willing to invest in themselves and their success.Yes, I have invested with Shawn Moore's company.