I get what you are saying, but would tell you this, we are cash flowing the hell out of our properties, so not sure why you wouldn’t want your cake and eat it too.  

I was wondering if anyone have experience getting retroactive permit in Orange County or City of Anaheim? 

However, since it's hard money, one cannot expect to have one's cake and eat it too.What's more, I'm not sure that a conventional lender would lend to you in your personal name if you received title via a quitclaim deed. 

People keep making LLC's but not accepting the consequences, or trying to find a way to 'have their cake and eat it too.' 

This is definitely out of my price range (Anaheim) or else I would inquire. 

If you are already achieving great cash flow, the appreciation is just icing on the cake.

You can mail in or drop off your samples in Anaheim, and it is $21 to test each sample with 24 hour turn around time. ww.aihlabs.com

For 0.5 m, that is a piece of cake.

I could see how they might be entitled to a percentage (same as with the rent) for the extra time to follow up on the late rent, but then again part of their job is to collect the rent and most of the time, if they've done a good job screening, that should be a piece of cake. 

But, I would never volunteer to put myself in their shoes.Going with passive investing isn't a complete piece of cake though, as you will have to educate yourself on the different asset classes, how to do due diligence etc.Regarding investing in the current time: yes this is a moment of great uncertainty.