What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

I haven't ventured down this path purely because it's so hard to build a business off of YouTube alone unless you have a website and blog to move people too.

@Bill Gulley,If the last part was about me, I don't drink whiskey, I only drink Boone's farm apple wine.

Making any claim that you are going to assist an owner in avoiding a foreclosure is a felony, pure and simple!

During the year she was the VP candidate, I don't think I laughed so hard in my entire life...pure unadulterated (excuse the pun) hilarity...

While it would be the best way to do any deal with just a few given circumsatnaces (a buyer, seller and small equity amount,usually) presented by any guru promoting the strategy for purely marketing purposes.

I am on my way to 100 units and just want to know how many beers I can drink :-) (20k per month passive anyone?)

I will have had them for over 2 years at that point and already gotten all of my initial investment back in rents so 100% of the value of the properties is pure gravy and im gonna use 100% of the sale as my downpayment.

This is purely a question of what works best in your area.  

Maybe that's buying bitcoin, or starting an all you can drink coffee chain, or agreeing to work until you're 80... it really doesn't matter.