As there is only a one lane asphalt driveway that goes between the building and the east property line the contractor will have to operate his heavy equipment there and will hurt tenant access and definitely damage the asphalt.

I can build my own team.

I’m waiting to connect with the realtor to get more information about the sellers background / potentially speak direct to build a bit of a relationship. 

Personally I only use my HELOC on short term projects like flips, new builds and BRRRRs where I know I will be replacing the capital within months.You may be better off waiting a year and save up more cash or liquidate your index funds if the returns on a property will be better.

You need to make sure that your property is easily financeable if you decide to sell it in the future and any future buyer can call out non-permitted items and actually report you to the building department or, at a minimum, ask for seller concessions.

Used an existing frame down in Belize to build our house down there.  

generally speaking, a developer should build what's on their floor plans and even more so what's in their contracts.

And I'm building one more large right now.

House hacking by living in one unit and renting out the others is a smart strategy to build wealth.

I'm looking to learn more about passive real estate investing, syndications, and other passive or semi-passive streams of income or equity building.