Also, as they say... not your keys, not your coins--so better have a very deep trust in whatever site you go with. 

Always always always keep a physical key in a lockbox on site.

He can spend the next few years-ish getting a finance degree through an online school while working part time, but he just got offered a full time position helping with sales for a local wholesale real estate company. 

I'm having a hard time trying to find a bank that I can open a business account with online.

I created an electronic google doc time tracker: Time LogContemporaneous time log of rental real estate activitiesActivity DescriptionTenant recruitmentTenant screeningNegotiating and executing leasesOverseeing repairs and maintenanceCommunications with tenants and vendorsTravel timeResearch for potential rental real estate (pub 925)Acquiring rental real estate (pub 925)Paperwork/bookkeeping/bankingResearch and purchase of materialsRent collectionEvictionOn-site cleaningBill paymentOther:Time SpentDateMM/DD/YYYYSubmit

Is it as simple as getting the site designed and engineered for the footprint, cleared and graded (all of which I am comfortable with), and then hiring a GC to build the building?

I saw this online the other day.

This is probably a place where you go to one of the personal loan sites to borrow money or maybe a credit union. 

Give your guests high speed internet and smart TV's - they can use their own log ins for the streaming sites.

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