.  :( Dang, I see your Enron and raise you a Radio Shack.

I am trying to find ways to raise capital to scale my real estate business.

Having "real estate investing" or "real estate" anything, in your LLC name will surely raise red flags for banks, especially as you move beyond net 30 accounts to larger credit lines.

There are some great tax strategies for short-term rentals, but very important to be aware of the personal use rules to make sure 280(A) doesn't become an issue. 

However, I could very well be 2 years waiting to invest locally as I wait to snag the right deal or raise more capital to give me more options.

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $110,000 Sale price: $205,000 This was a 1950 raised home that needed extensive foundation repairs as well as all plumbing, electrical and subflooring.

Your only way to get cashout is a full-blown cashout refinance.Not aware of a lender that will do a HELOC as a junior lien to seller-financing.

. $480,000 sales price, and all 8 units are rented out at $750 but could easily be raised to high 800's or even low 900's.

I'm not against innovation but every point you raise is pre-existing or illegal/ against regulations. 

If these 2 estimates are REALLY far apart, you can also identify items you have a low certainty about and do more research to raise that certainty and narrow those estimates.