@Jeremy H Barton I would suggest taking a look at your cash flow before signing up for a HELOC on a brand new building.

Quote from @Evan Ross: One of the most common mistakes I see with amateur landlords: attempting to build goodwill with their tenants.

Build your equity and cash up.  

You don’t need necessarily need to build credit.

One of our biggest clients plans on building more up there and meeting another GC or two would certainly make sense.

I wanted to build up his team, I wanted to help bring him work, I wanted to help in sales and lead generating and buy into his companies LLC.. but even that was fraudulently represented as  In the beginning he had represented himself as someone who had a team in house around 60 people, with vehicles, trailers, tools, lawnmowers, weed wackers, nail guns.. the works.

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So I can have their HQ address and add a different address for reach building they own.

Building a sport court will run like $30 grand, but would increase your rental value. a 6bedroom 4 bath house with a sport court, hot tub, fire pit, mini golf, arcade etc. will most likely crush it because it's cool.

This separation creates a clear distinction between ownership and the right to revenue.That said, one key difference is the upkeep required for income-generating properties like homes or rental buildings.