If you are self managing, the value of the effort should be subtracted off the return because your time is precious and deserves to be compensated.  

.- Personal Articles: Coverage for belongings that have a special or collectors valuesuch as Jewelry, Furs, Fine Arts, Collectibles, etc...Your age should not be a factor on the pricing but, depending on the company these other factors may get you credits:- Insurance Score (company pulls certain info out of your credit report).

Of these, real estate is the best growth asset and the precious metals are more of an insurance. 

We do plan to talk to our CPA, but at $500/hour I'd like to try to educate myself as much as I can beforehand so as not to waste precious time. 

Self-Directed IRAs are specifically designed to allow you to invest in a much wider range of non-traditional assets, including but not limited to Real Estate, private equity, and even precious metals.Alternatively, if you prefer more traditional investment options but want more options than your previous employer's plan offered, you can also roll over your 401K money into a different more traditional custodian.

A search for furnished LTR with terms of less than one year in any given market will yield precious few returns.

SDIRA allows you to invest in real estate, syndications, notes, precious metals, crypto and other alternative asset investments. 

I took an old employer 401k from a precious employer and converted it to a self directed ROTH IRA and it owns rentals.

If you respect others, you should also be mindful of respecting their home and space.Anyway, I’m exiting this thread now—this has gone way too far and isn’t worth precious time to dwell on.I agree, that’s all I was trying to saying.

I totally get it, but nowadays data is so precious it's very hard to find something like that for free.