That's direction I'd advise exploring, not how to do it all yourself as an island, but as a facilitating power.

It’s more of a solution for owners who need liquidity but don’t want to sell their property outright, interacting with  advisers, agents, and other related people that are expensive and may be hard to connect with, or take on additional debt, including such debt like loans from banks and offline interactions, which require valuable time.

If you allow pets, your lease should require proof of licensing, regardless of breed.If the owner lets them run, with ensuing "incidents," I guarantee that violates city statutes.I (personally) would advise getting rid of the tenant.

Please advise

That is how I've operated for years, well before the NAR fiasco and as agents, we have always been advised from referring to status quo, standard, typical, etc when it relates to commissions.It continues to amaze me how many buyers/investors believe the agent value is finding them "deals."

I would advise picking one of those strategies and rolling with it.

There are a high number of CPA firms that do not want to get involved outside of the FYI to their clients, and some state boards are saying that a CPA advising related to this registration is an "unlicensed practice of law" given it is not under Title 26 - income taxes - the only place where CPAs and EAs are specifically authorized to interpret law. 

Turns out the guru wants me to pay him $$$ to be my "adviser", and get access to these "special" HELOC's banks that could do this.

Look, if you are looking for a bank with "no foreign wire fees" thats quite a stretch and I'd advise tossing that idea out as it will keep you on the sidelines. 

This is what I have been advised so best to also check.