Is it an automated voice attendant, is it a call center where you are routed to someone else eventually to get an answer, or is it a live, well trained staff member?

In the long scheme of things I truly want to help people and if that means giving people in S8 a place to stay I'm all for it. eventually I would like to aim on specifically helping out veterans that are in this situation.

Eventually I would bring them out to meet ups with me as well.

But they had to jump through a dozen HOA hoops..eventually, the building got stricter on short-term stays.For single-family homes, if you can snag something with a scenic deck or quick access to popular spots, you’d be surprised how many travelers pay a premium for that “living like a local” vibe.

I would love to eventually look more into hotels and perhaps the restaurant industry.

This will crash and burn eventually when real estate (temporarily) resets itself and reprices the assets down. 

If this is your approach, you will end up eventually get a bad taste of the lending industry as a whole.

If he uses the HELOC responsibly, he'll be able to serially buy performing hard assets and eventually get to the point where the monthly cash flow will provide future down payments.6.

Is there a better way to structure this deal besides proportionally splitting the profit from refinancing (and/or eventually selling) and the rent (which we'd be paying)?

Actually you'd never hit that because eventually the debt pushes you into a margin call and forced sell and you'd be at or near $0 in just handful of years at best.