She will not be able to pay for storage, or bear to part with anything.This is going to get messy. 

Think Citi, Bear Stearns etc.

For a basement I would expect to find steel beams under those points running transverse to the home and bearing on the exterior foundation walls. 

If your not getting offers acccepted your offering to little.Where do you want to start this learning curve.....I think I'm far safer offering to little than too much and gettting no property then raise my offers some until I start to buy some.......then dial it in until your buying just right.And goldilocks said this offer is just rightthe bears would have eaten her if she started with the offer that was to high.She would have been safe if she started with to low an offer.determine rents for comps in areaIf it will not cash flow income covering all expenses plus what you consider an acceptable margin, dont buy it even if its 25 cents on the dollar.If it for some reason dosen't sell you can still rent it to cashflow

The fact that your IRA will be the seller, rather than a typical LLC, has no real bearing as far as compliance.You can read some of Curt Smith's comments regarding what he has been doing in GA, which is the state I assume you are buying in.

Bear in mind what we discussed here in this thread was the ownership of the mortgage not the real property. 

Sorry for the long post, but please bear with me.

Bear with me and entertain with me on this one.  

If you can, try to make it out to one of the BP Meetups.Go Bears!

@Shanna Chen you charge as much as the market will  bear!