@Ryan Foster That loan rate of 5.85%/20% down seem high to me... 25% down usually get you way down in rate, but I understand you wanting to put minimal down up front, but even so I think you can get better rate than that.The reason is I just closed two homes in past few weeks in the Phoenix area, and my rate is at 4.625% w/ 25% down and some 800 credits from a big bank. 

If this is not possible could I sell it to an intermediary and have them sell it back to me using the IRA funds for purchase? 

But since I am currently living here I get the savings on utilities so that is worth it to me.

Honestly, to me, the only difficult part of remote managing is to move in and out tenants with possible evictions. 

Downtown Lowell feels more city like to me than Malden Center for sure. 

She mentioned to me that items under the property to secure the foundation was not completed and began to tell me what was wrong.

As a buyer, most deals presented to me from a wholesaler either have the value of the property over inflated, the costs of the rehab under estimated, or frequently both.   

Any links or names of things I should study would be really helpful to me.

I'm not sure if this is a typical strategy, but it makes sense to me.

His note to me last week:Thanks for the listing and the comps, but I do not see the opportunity.