County recorded documents are necessary and sufficient, IMO, and until blockchain technology can show a better, faster, cheaper alternative, it is a non-starter. 

How many laws does that violate for starters on assorted privacy. 

Let me explain to you why I chose CA as well as my goals and strategy.For starters, I'm active duty military, and this has given me access to a VA home loan which gives me better leverage to easily purchase a property with zero down.

Hello Bigger Pockets Community,My fiancé and I are beginning our real estate investment journey but we live and work in one of the most expensive markets in the world - even though we are 20 minutes from San Francisco there is not a property in our city listed at under 1 million (yes).So I recently took a trip to Costa Rica for the sole purpose of identifying regions we would like to invest in and ended up finding a fantastic little condo for our starter property.

This looks like many things but here are some idea starters for you:- Ensuring that payments are automated for receiving rent, paying mortgage, paying utilities- Ensuring the lease version used is up to date & calendar notifications are on for renewal periods- Tenant screening process is defined and followed- Turnover process is clear and team is in place- etcIf you need a CPA suggestion, I love Samantha Kelley.

And it seems like (to me) you are a starter.

Having a trusted person or family member generally sounds good for starters buy because of that relationship you might get into the issue of late payments.

We've reached out to several national lenders, but since our property is zoned agricultural it was a non-starter.

But using that money as a downpayment is not "correct".For starters, it's almost guaranteed in this environment that the interest rate on your HELOC is higher than your CoC returns on the properties you'd buy.That doesn't make sense.Beyond that, how will you pay off the $400k HELOC balance?

It is a job like any other and one must be a self starter.