I am hesitant because the first property is located where all the Olympics and World Cup activity will be in the coming years and the interest rate is so fantastic.

He brings with him an internationally active legal team, as well as building engineers and facility managers.

I’ve heard about home equity loans and HELOCs, but I want to keep my money in the stock market to maintain some diversification.My question is: would it be wise to take out a home equity loan for the full $200k to keep my stock investments active?

Just create columns for every week and the rows are the activity and color code them in logical order.

Even as such, given all of the activity Zillow shows with rental and sale prices, I would worry about the investment. - can you share your rental listing?

Maybe if you can prove that you are actively trying to gain compliance, that will get you the much needed time to gather $, time to pull the permit and ppl to perform the work bc they will have a bit of mercy on you bc you are trying to do the right thing. 

You get to make offers on your own and potentially save on buyer's commission.I wouldn't recommend if you already have an active income that is serving you well because it would be better to invest time in that endeavor if that's the case.

If so, flipping or active investing would be ideal.

You could form a partnership with a couple people, delegate roles and start buying properties in a JV.  

Are you active on your business profiles on social media?