Just be mindful that you can't 1031 a personal residence but it might be eligible for capital gain exclusion from section 121.

If an in-person visit is not feasible, we can easily arrange video tours to accommodate your schedule.

Not that it cant or wont, but unlikely.If OP applies for homestead on a new property, then I personally would not lie during the application about receiving the exemption on the existing property.

Personally, I would prefer to use the HELOC approach.

First person I hired, I also had them write their own job procedures and so on.

With comps ranging from $875K-$1M and your estimated build cost at $550K, the after-completion value gives you a significant equity cushion, making this project highly attractive to lenders.If you plan to hold and rent the property, you could refinance into a DSCR loan after construction, which bases lending on rental income rather than personal income.

I am not a huge fan of them personally as they are PE investors and have a very, very narrow view of the industry and how it should be approached. 

(Interesting, because the best guess I’ve seen is that John maybe personally grossed no more than $10 million from this mentorship over a 8 - 9 year period of time).

I personally think they are “higher end” than anything stackable.

Don't be that person.