They are almost exclusively SFHs or apartments.

Here’s some good news…Real estate can be purchased without 100% funding from your IRAYou can use undivided interest (the ability to have ownership in something with multiple people while no one person has exclusive rights to the property).

Although some investors obtain 30-60-90 day 'late lists', I rely almost exclusively on public record filings.

There can be no direct or indirect benefit between a plan and a disqualified party.A self-directed IRA can invest in real estate and that can be a powerful path for wealth building, but the transactions have to be 100% exclusively for the benefit of the plan at "arm's length".

I believe it says in your book that you used the MLS exclusively for the first 4 years.

Points to remember: an umbrella policy and a protective corporate entity aren't mutually exclusive.

These are mutually exclusive.  

(b5) Exclusion for Certain Minor Activities in Residential and Farm Structures. – No building permit shall be required under the Code or any local variance thereof approved under subsection (e) for any construction, installation, repair, replacement, or alteration costing five thousand dollars ($5,000) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less in any single family residence or farm building unless the work involves:

I'm an investor my self and work almost exclusively with investors. 

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