While I'm not an attorney, nor play one on TV and this is not legal advise.

You may find the legal fees and trouble may outweigh the benefits.

@Dmitriy Fomichenko,  or others, Following along with the thoughts that 1) A Self Directed Account 'can only buy the percent share of their capital contribution' (meaning 20K in on a 100K property can only = 20% ownership) and 2) That it IS legal for a person to invest 'along with' their own Self Directed Account I have the following question before I spend the money on a lawyer to work on moving forward. 

Prospective buyers were screened and once the property was legally mine, all the prospective buyers were allowed to look at the house.

@Nicholas L.Thanks for the info about the legal forms and lender service. 

From what I recall about the property you're interested in doing something with it seems that you really need to find a way to lock yourself into some sort of a position, something that gives you some legal footing.

We had a hard time and they said no because my baby daddy (together for 17 years, just not legally married) just bought out his business partner and didn't have the business in his name 100% for 2 years (never mind that he started to company 10+ years ago) and our credit scores weren't superb at the time, low 700s. 

Is this at least legally sound?

I would want to see the permits too so I guess that's their bad for trusting people.

@Kayla WagenmannAs long as you don't misrepresent your knowledge level (always recommend an accountant for taxes, attorney for legal, etc) and are sure you're providing accurate information to clients (correct school district, etc), I don't see any increased liability overall.