.- I have enough cash in an Inherited IRA to put towards a down payment for a next rental property. 

Cherry on top is my ROTH IRA owns it so I will never pay income tax on the income or the forced appreciation.

If you take two individual properties with similar dynamics such as cost, condition and rental potential, you can see very different results based on things like taxes and whether landlord/tenancy laws are more or less favorable.It really pays to understand the following factors:Property tax ratesProperty insurance ratesMunicipal landlord taxes (an IRA or 401k may not be exempt from certain local taxes)Local landlord/tenant laws – how easy is it to evict a tenant, for example.Local Market FactorsIn addition, you will want to look at things like neighborhood safety, quality of schools, access to transportation, proximity to shopping and recreation, and other factors that drive desirability.Investing in real estate is not really that different than any other type of investment.

I believe I heard on one of the podcasts that I could use my IRA to purchase a rental property.

@Matt Katsaris Yeah well obviously the Roth IRA is a fixed value per year.

@Ira Ashton, I haven't flipped anything south of Layton yet - would you and your team have a problem traveling up to Ogden?

No matter if you invest in a 401K, IRA, Individual Stocks and Bonds, Real Estate, Gold, etc., you need goals.   

@Ron ReadCorrect that you don't need to use the services of an IRA LLC provider for structuring the IRA LLC but will need an IRA custodian.

I've done investing in the past, had single family, multi family, but never done it in an IRA where the whole purpose to grow the pot for retirement. 

You can get this from several places (HELOC, IRA Loan, Sell stuff, friends and family, the seller, etc).