We're trying to raise a portion of the funds for a small resort (6 cabins) from private individuals and I'm running into some difficulties: The whole real estate syndication accredited vs/non-accredited investor thing (if I'm understanding it correctly) seems to be a huge hindrance to actually raising money from average (non-wealthy) people that would normally be the kinds of people I'd come into contact with.

I like that Las Cruces is a college town and the population size is similar to my town in California.

Did the Lemus pay just a security deposit upfront or did they pay some portion of rent in addition to the security deposit?

This is not too much on labor, for the size of house and everything that was done which you stated above (excluding landscape and ADU).

Property Asking $680k 2 bed 1 Bath 738 sqft Lot size 6k sq ft. 

The proposed zoning eliminates density as a concept from town zoning and replaces it with minimum lot sizes for various building types.

Most commercial lenders 99.99% require you to own and have operated a commercial business or 2-3 investment homes prior to a commercial loan of that size.

I found it really time consuming to measure for every single repair in a house so automated calcs as much as I could based on room sizes.  

Recently, I had the opportunity to cash out a portion of my 401(k), leaving me with $20,000 burning a hole in my pocket.

Backstory:We rent the ADU out regularly via STR or MTR and live in the main house currently and are looking to size up.