Quote from @Joe Yobaccio: @Chris Seveney I am trying a simpler version of a loan partial, but want to keep my name on the note and Colllaterlize it for safety of a lender and would like some feedback on the terms. 

Your budget can not dictate the safety of the project and your relationship with the town and permitting.

Just food for thought.

In the short term, they need immediate help such at food, water, and lodging.Your entitle to your opinion, but I believe most people are compassionate to those impacted by Mother Nature related events whether in is hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, tornados, fires, etc.

. - Make sure you get a security deposit and perhaps do a surprise inspection of their current home.S8 requires an inspection (mostly health & safety) before approving a lease and then annually thereafter. - Not something most landlords taking care of their properties have to worry about.There are limits to clauses they allow in your lease.

If you are hungry and you have no food, you will do anything for food because you have to.

Lesson: in a pro-tenant law city especially, don't do illegal things, don't have fire code or safety violations and if you ask someone to leave, follow all local laws.

I have no prior experience in real estate, however, am fortunately enough to have access to sources of income besides a fixed job salary that provides me additional CF and a long-term safety net.

Did you ever feel like your safety was an issue?  

Scattered across their floors and countertops are the evidence of their hurried departures: half-packed bags and unwashed laundry, children’s toys and textbooks, bills and paperwork, canned food and loaves of bread, pet cages and, in some cases, the pets themselves.