We have increased rents on about 8 units now by over $200/mo each by turning 1 and 2 bedrooms into 3 bedrooms.

Because of the prohibited transaction rules, doing so could be a violation of the rules, or at the very least, would limit your flexibility with the investment and increase the chances of a prohibited transaction occurring after the investment is made.Here are some alternatives to commingling the assets: using the Solo participant loan feature to do the deal outside of retirement funds using non-recourse financing from a lender or private source in combination with retirement funds as the down paymentusing a 401k or IRA and partnering with non-disqualified persons

.- Yes, there is increased liability; however, if you take earning your license seriously, it doesn't take much to understand what must be disclosed, how to disclose it, etc.

I have a self-directed 401K (solo 401k), and purchasing real estate for buy and hold.However, I would like to grow it by taking after tax dollars (W2) and issuing myself a promissory note of 50K but instead of doing “minimum” payments of prime + 1%, could I artificially increase it to say prime + 5%?

Just touring the units will give you a good idea on how they treat the property and also gives you a chance to ask them if they like staying there or if there are any issues you should be aware of.

Because of the prohibited transaction rules, doing so could be a violation of the rules, or at the very least, would limit your flexibility with the investment and increase the chances of a prohibited transaction occurring after the investment is made.

If they do this correctly they can do it with multiple properties and keep increasing their wealth.  

Although I am a Realtor and have access to the MLS and can see old listings, I have seen that Redfin has been pretty reliable as a #2 option.All in all, you want to compare properties with as many similar features as possible and be aware of the obvious outliers, with the main culprit being size difference (You really don't want to compare a 3000 sq. ft. house with 3 bedrooms to a 900 sq. ft. house with 3 bedrooms).

The lease is month-to-month.I’m looking for a recommendation on how to increase the rent.

He was not fully aware of what his wife was doing when they signed the original lease, but I reviewed the lease and both he and his wife signed it.2.He stated that he was military and that there are stipulations other than receiving new orders to a new base that allow him to break the lease, he gave TDY as an example.