I will do my best to answer.

What is the best lending strategy to fund this new construction?

What is the best way to show cash in hand in order to buy it when you don't have the cash and need to borrow the funds?

I would like to start again but  accelerate and to get more doors I figure a small apartment building may be the way to go.

You both clearly have experience dealing with this firsthand, and I want to see if there's a way to balance enforcement with profitability.

Message me and we can cover all that and where I think you'll be best served investing in our market and similar markets in Texas as well as best practices.

I will do my best to call 6 major insurance companies (not brokers) and get the scoop.

I’m especially interested in learning from those with experience in more expensive housing markets and from people who used really estate as a way to invest for their kids' colleges.

If you haven't checked the market for homes with "inlaw suites" or whatever your market equivalent is that can be a way to get it done as well. 

I tried to research the best and most user-friendly PM site that did not charge a fee to maintain a property, being that it was my first one and I was self-managing and not using a PM.