It's the Executive Branch of the government, as specified by the US Constitution, equal to the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch.

I then told her it was legal to grow and smoke pot in my state, but the Federal Gubment likes to send out officers to harass and arrest citizens of my state for doing something perfectly legal under our state constitution.

I'm down south of you in LA.I have only bought turnkey properties for myself, outside of CA, and I've definitely had the good and bad experiences enough to know now how to make sure I'm sticking to the good ones. i.e. what constitutes good and bad when it comes to turnkeys.MemphisInvest is an excellent company and I've spent some time with Chris Clothier personally and I think he is very much on top of his game.

Stated that "terms of this agreement may constitute a forgiveness of debt.

Some accounting errors could constitute the co-mingling of funds for a business entity.

The constitution was made to change with the times and so should we.

From what we understand, since $185k is short of the amount outstanding, that would constitute a short sale and all proceeds would go to the bank.I am wondering: is there an opportunity here?

The answer to your question depends on what constitutes a satisfactory income for you.  

Where do we draw the line as to what constitutes a short term rental vs a long term rental?

If you are to use one note, a Partitioned Principal Note can be used stating the principal part of the first part and a principal part of the second part, each described with the term and interest bearing which together constitute the Total Principal Part secured under the same deed of trust.