It is not subject to self-employment taxes.

I’ve got a buddy of my that works Lake Norman that we look for and for developers

Hello,John Blatchford here. I'm new to BiggerPockets but have been investing in urban Cincinnati real estate for four years with 4 buildings and 18 units renovated. I have a degree in engineering, an MBA, and a certif...

@Greg Wright,Here is what you need to understand regarding self-directed IRA:You (and your immediate family members) are considered to be “Disqualified Person” to your IRA.

We have self-manged properties in LLCs and in our own name. 

Should we right away try to strike a deal with an investor to get into small scale property development?

@William Sullivan I am both an investor and a business developer for Real Property Management Indianapolis Metro.

It's difficult here to differentiate between giving good advice and advocating mentorship programs, workshops or courses to advance your one on one activity and thus speed up the learning curve and timeline to reaching and stretching your goals.I personally have gone the journey from DIY wholesaling, flipping, seller-financing SFR and international Short Term Vacation Rental management and then arrived at commercial multifamily and self-storage real estate syndication due to the fact that it offers the maximum scalability, economy of numbers and at some point truly leads to passive, residual income and thus to time freedom and choice.Send me a colleague request to kick the tires, set up a call and get a few burning questions answered in real time, one on one. 

Hello - has anyone seen a developer/tenant scope of work breakdown for a build to suit lease/transaction for a fast food/QSR development?

So you really need to not be cheep and not resort to self help and go hire paid specialist in whatever it is as part of your team to give real advice.