I am a licensed private pilot with instrument rating-- short story I aspired to one day become a professional airline pilot.

All of these things need to be in place, as well as the guiding instrument - a business plan.Without all of these: knowledge, networks and a focused business plan it's impossible to be successful.

Because BiggerPockets has been instrumental in helping us reach this stepping stone, I wanted to give back through knowledge share.

Security instruments would not qualify as replacement.

Study the last real estate correction (and pretty much every one in recent history) and you'll learn what happened to investors that got in late in the cycle and used short term, adjustable instruments like HELOC's.

@Logan Hassinger My SDIRA is used as a debt instrument and has a guaranteed return.

Your money is secured by a first trust deed against an equitable real property and you would put certain other safety instruments and agreements in place.  

Texas Instruments is based here and the engineering group for many years was run by UofI grad and Nobel prize winner Jack Kilby.It is also a super common destination for University of Texas grads another top 5 program in addition to A&M and other schools.There is a ton of tech/tellecom already in Dallas between Lockheed, Raytheon, L3, Sabre, and a ton of others.Yes Dallas isn't for everyone, but you know what, neither is Seattle or Silicon valley.BTw...I know you haven't ever been to South dallas and looked back from the Trinity at the Dallas skyline, its very scenic, one of the best skylines in the country. 

Also mostly scams...Having a few good friends in the business is instrumental.

Still, the public registration under Reg A does not imply or require the instrument to be a bond with a credit rating.