I attended an informational training for beyond bnb, without signing up for their service, I implemented a couple strategies they discussed and found they worked.  

This is fair enough and disagreements make for a healthy and interesting discussion.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

You also get holidays and weekends while all of your other friends and family enjoy their time relaxing. 

And while this doesn't directly answer your question, it may give you some foundation to build upon when you are discussing things with them.

Reason I’m asking is because today reading through old posts on this subject, I came across discussions that stated if it was Credit Card, PayPal, or similar avenues, that 1099s aren’t needed since those companies issue them.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

Warren Buffet has discussed this in the past saying if you had all the gold in the world you would have a giant cube of gold except for minor industrial uses, but if you had all the farmland in the world you would be able to produce a product (food) that people would buy, thus giving you a return on investment.

A lot of loans require that you already own the land outright before they will provide funding but there are tons of different options.Once you have the funding piece figured out, I would discuss with a builder and try to price it out.

Marie Johnson Is the someone you're discussing the homeowner of the property the note is on?