My question to you all is as follows: If I’m not interested in taking the traditional route of becoming an agent/broker, nor take much fancy in the homeowner side of real estate in general.

Cedric,You appear to be on the right track in the sense that there is a value stack in taking land through the planning process, servicing process, construction process and onto stabilization.

The closer you are to an exterior wall, where you can run the intake and exhaust pipes, the better.

That same house was a result of a senior citizen getting scammed by an elder-abuse wanted felon who specialized in taking seniors houses (what a thing to specialize in, eh?)

Turns out- not only were they negligent in taking care of the outside...they also stopped paying us soon after.

There is a tradeoff between the time value of the current deduction and the tremendous potential ROI benefit of being able to obtain financing.Doing projections of your future debt ratios and other aspects of your "lending profile" is critical, and can potentially help guide you in how aggressive you want to be in taking deductions.Even local banks lending for their portfolio are under some of the same pressure to be cautious with subjective underwriting adjustments due to regulatory oversight/review of their loan portfolios, though local banks can definitely be much more flexible than secondary market originators.I'd be curious if anyone has had luck with getting tax return adjustments accepted by their lender, and what you did to prove your case.

Now, it seems like it'll be easier to take a loan out on the property, and I'm interested in taking around 100k out to either pay back my family member or perhaps finance another deal and keep our note intact.Can I do this without having any tax liability on my 1031 exchange?

Rather than a call script, why don't you start with a "lead intake sheet" to complete the essential information that you want from callers. 

In taking martial arts for decades I will get varying opinions of techniques and how they apply them.

He also has no interest in taking a cut of any deals I bring in.