She states minor work is needed: covers for a couple of outlets, kitchen refresh, cracked window to be replaced.

I'm sure you could...as long as you're actually paying that expense to someone...oh wait, that person would be yourself...so you'd need to both record the income of you paying yourself as well as the expense of yourself paying you. 

But if you have the land already... well, might be worth it.

The drawings just have the site plan with the house and show a little box on the back where the addition will be.

And the ones that affiliate videos seem to be a commercial for BL, not tutorials. 

I would have said you are “literally paying to be a PM.”  

I am also a licensed real estate agent in New York looking to become an investor as well.

My Class C properties have seen less than 5% vacancy because we communicate with tenants and market properties really well.

I could be wrong but I don't think so.

I am being told that a HELOC is different since its your primary home but no one seems to offer a LOC for investments that I have found.