Personally I feel it makes more sense to build because houses are just not designed for this very well. 

I figure by January I'll be fully engaged enough to start running the business in earnest. 

I still own residential and commercial (mainly retail) real estate in my personal portfolio.The bottom line - there is ZERO need to get engaged with a guru.

I wish you the best in your spelling correcting endeavors and hope it yields the life of design you're striving for.

You really need to engage legal counsel.

He would hang at the winery and engage for those coming in for tastings I had many a half sober conversation with him about his being the first late night TV guy.. pretty interesting dude. 

Free kitchen design - nice. :-)

One option is a marine loan, which is a type of loan specifically designed for purchasing or refinancing a boat.

Thankfully, I have some family down there that does interior design that is open to helping me design the place too which will help me save some money.Any tips for a first time host and in this area?

Examples:- If you want to avoid making a costly tax mistake, and you plan to start out as a passive investor in a syndication - there's really nothing that requires professional tax help at the onset- If you're starting out as a flipper (not recommended) and are bringing in family members as partners (also not recommended) - you probably should engage a tax pro early onRead this blog post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1088325-expla...