We have decided that it is time for us to try to come up with a plan to step in, the business needs a significant injection of cash to get it up to date, however it does have equity to work with.

Once NY state informed me that they would help, my plan quickly changed and instead of modifying my mortgage bringing it current and having another 50k worth of equity injected into the house seemed clearly like the no brainer route. 

Inevitably, few people want to just answer a question and instead will inject their own spin on what they think you need to hear.

Epoxy injections into the cracks can work to. 

It's rare to find a bank that will be that aggressive though At 10% equity injection many more banks were interested.

The 9th and CO development is a little generic and franchise heavy but is a nice injection of retail into the neighborhood. 

Yes, acquiring 100 units without some sort of external capital injection is going to be a slow process.I think it's also important to go in with a good idea of your goal beyond income.

You don't fund it until needed, by cash injection or from loans, usually private money, partnerships or bank funds per deal.

This would also mean that you will have to inject the equity.

Maybe "Ouch" wasn't meant to be mean (I certainly don't say that while giving injections), but my mom started crying and my dad just stared out the window for a while.