The portion due from the tenant is often not so great in my experience.

(Ironically, I'm sure a good portion of the people arguing against development are also upset with the government for not tackling the affordable housing issue.)If I were WIP and felt I just got cheated out of my right to develop that land, I would have put a fence around it. 

Agreed the biggest issue will be labor especially on the west coast and say Texas were Hispanic labor makes up HUGE portions of the manual labor force and Agricultural.. your not going to get born and breed US citizens to work in the fields picking fruit ..

(I also had to come to CA for health reasons, so I am not sure if that is an exception)- If I use any of the above, can I use a portion of the money to pay off personal debt?

The "cash-for-equity" program from QuickLoans appears to be a shared-equity or deferred repayment model, where you receive upfront cash in exchange for giving up a portion of your future equity.

Cash Out RefinanceThis will allow you to pull a portion of your equity and will replace your current mortgage (assuming there is one).

Many variables seem to be the cause of this to include house price, property taxes, interest rates, etc.I really want to utilize my VA loan for MF properties & live in one portion and rent the others.

Their previous lease includes a portion of storage in the basement with laundry access(also in basement).Current set up: tenant occupies floor #2 with separate access to the basement for their laundry and storage.Future plan: reno basement and remove storage/laundry access for tenant.

It does have some road running through a portion of it and it does have the railroad running along the border. 

I dont know how many units you are talking about, my biggest problem was tenants having easy access to me.I finally decided to use a software and got an internal property manager so moved away from it.Currently setting up the maintenance request portion of it, so will see how it goes.