A typical five-piece surround is held together with glue and caulk, and without maintenance, it will fall apart and just cause you more problems.Instead, go ahead with a two-piece surround or even a tile surround.

Also be aware that cash out refinances typically have slightly higher rates than initial purchases or just rate and term refinances.

To streamline design choices, create a design guide or "mood board" beforehand to stay consistent with finishes that match the neighborhood's expectations.For monitoring progress, a property manager can sometimes oversee construction, but it’s typically better to rely on the GC for updates.

Yes, typically for accredited investors only (although they often accept up to 100 investors).I have seen a rare TIC based one and yes...more typically DST.

These are really questions for your attorney - the more typical scenario for a jv like this is you have a new LLC where you are the manager of the LLC and the investor also owns a percentage of it.that way you don't have to deal with transferring it etc. 

Quote from @Brandon Croucier: 20% down is terrific on land.It’s a non income producing asset which has increased volatility, typically I see 65 LTV max on land as of late.Thank you Brandon!

I log into the accounts but guests typically just log out and use their own. 

It was a typical house purchase deal.

Yes typically you'll file the wholesale activity on a schedule C unless it was done in an entity (S Corp, Partnership, C Corp) but I see above you don't have these.

Typically, we would only do an initial tenant screening at the beginning of the least.