Where as the SFRs are emotional roof over their head purchases they are NOT being bought for cash flow or strictly for investment  although many know that appreciation has been very good to many of us native CA myself included.

They do have strict requirements.

So we could do this loan strictly as a value add play on the self storage units and renting out the metal building.

It's a bit cumbersome, you have to maintain strict financial separation, and because the loans have to be non-recourse, your LTV is lower.

We have a pretty rural place and Idaho has some of the most strict laws around marijuana use so that hasn't been an issue for us.Smoking in general has been a problem a couple of times.

Where if we use our own personal funds (not funds acquired from our spouses or from our marriages) our business would be strictly ours and our spouses have no claim to it should one of us ever divorce from our spouse. 2) Invest with my husband using the equity from our home but I want to have a business structure that is separate from the marriage where we are both partners and we are paid for our individual contributions to the business.What type of business partnership could I have with my husband that can be setup in that way?

They’re becoming more strict with the primary residence requirements.

An RMLO license does not teach mortgage brokerage management, it's a very basic license to originate loans under strict guidelines....originate, not underwrite.

I don’t have a strict timeline and it’s west of Cleveland (Lorain county). 

Banks that strictly follow Fannie/Freddie won't allow you to close in an LLC, but if you do a debt service ratio loan (this is nonQM, meaning not conforming conventional) you can.