Welcome, Joe, great to start with clean slate and little cash and time on your hands, I started in real estate after cashing out my stocks, savings and 401k paying being penalties but it was worth it.

I might as well buy stocks otherwise.  

You have to be able to maintain minimal emotional involvement in the property, you must be able to view it as an asset on which you derive income.  

My wife and I just started a venture in North Texas, we were able to cash out some stocks late last year and put a down payment on a SFH in a north dallas suburb.

I notice that the Newbie's on BP always want to jump in and start making Money with RE Investing as if it were Stock Investing.

I'm interested in buying a few shares of stock and I just contacted my SDIRA and they put all kind of restrictions. 

As a market matures the margins get tighter and you start to look for little things to maintain roi.  

Most of these appliances can last a while, and if it's newer, looks well maintained and branded, you should have little issues. 

Do mortgage brokers maintain relationships with hard money brokers?

Rent's have climbed up in the area for some time, and new construction for the "missing middle" type of housing might be possible now.The only issue is how much rent can I get over the existing stock of housing and what few apartments there are in the area.