More on cost segregation: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1075919-five-...Home office.

I didn't have much money, and not much experience but I used my background in finance to put together a syndication and buy an old office building and drive thru on .59 acres with the purpose of developing housing.My passion was creating housing in a city with under 2% vacancy and skyrocketing housing costs.

If you see at least a few zoned in the designations you mentioned above, that's potentially a good sign that you can get support from the local Alderman's office, and approval by the ZBA (zoning board of appeals), to rezone.

I have worked as a commercial loan officer in the past and obviously deal with lending as an investor, but as I have stated, this sort of LOC is a bit new to me.

While we have our own programs and products (and even have a FL office in the Sarasota area), we're unfortunately out of capacity in FL by this time in the year.

A friend of mine rented her property near a base and connected with military housing officers at the Family Support Center, which helped secure steady tenants.

He wanted me to paypal him 750 so that he would send the 20k needed to bridge the gap in the loan.While Facebook can be great to connect with institutional loan officers, mortgage brokers, etc.., true private money is a little more difficult in my humble opinion.

Interesting to see how feasible this will be. 

I have been thinking small office or retail (which I have experience in); larger multi family (10-20 unit), RV Storage, and have even thought about beach front hotel, or at least ocean view hotel.

Another thing is the insurance is sent to the bank from your insurance provider and the seller should never be needed as long as the documentation has been completed correctly.This is why you must vet the law and title office you are closing with to make sure they know how to handle these transactions.