Tinian Crawford went to college—and took 6 years to complete his Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design.

Welcome to my series on purchasing a home and using your VA Benefits.I am George Freelove a Marine Veterans and real estate professional / consultant.I have over 40 years of experience in the home building, mortgage and real estate world.Purchasing a home is a very important decision and a big undertaking in any one’s life.Most people only choose to purchase a few homes over their life time.My goal is to make sure that you are well equipped and armed with up to date information for your big decision.Over the next few weeks we will discuss buying a home using your VA Benefits.The nitty gritty of the process, where to start, how to get a VA Loan finding the right mortgage lender, finding the right Realtor, finding the right home, what costs to expect, how does the process work, what can I expect from my Realtor, my Lender and the Seller.So let’s take this journey together!

That alone can severely, if not detrimentally, affect your bottom-line.It sounds like you are  new investor, and I would venture to say this is on the riskier side of things and quite an undertaking if you're new.

It is not a city in which undertaking a first project at scale would be advisable.

We are having trouble deciding whether it makes sense to try to buy an 8 or 10 unit place on a 1031 exchange here in San Diego or just keep the buy and hold strategy on this one and undertake the remodeling project.

@Brendon Pishny checkout 331553-series-llc and 640379-series-llc-or-separate-llcs also.Here is a graphical representation that should help you on your quest for answers:

Normally we would just wait until after closing on the third property to apply for a business credit card but we are about to undertake about $10,000 in renovation expenses on one of the properties in the next two weeks and I would like to use a credit card to pay for our materials and also our contractor (if possible). 

I don't think the winter is as much an issue as will be all of the other efforts you will need to undertake before getting them out of the apartment. 

Most zoning code will have a list/chart/graphic of some kind that will list, specifically, what different types of businesses are aloud in each 'business' zone.

Graphic design class.