I am eager to start but can't get around the glaring issue of not having initial capital so I was wondering if there are any methods you guys would use to raise capital if you were in my shoes or is it just time to put my head down and put in long hours? 

The inspection showed more issues than we expected but the seller wasn't willing to negotiate so we cancelled in the due diligence period.

Poor rental payment history is a common cause for non renewal. 

Both lost their homes because of the shuricanes and went into having credit issues because of this.

If you have hired a specialist to perform a cost segregation study of your real estate property, they will likely use one of the six most common methodologies recognized by the IRS.

You can sell a property with tenants with no issues the only thing is you wont see as good of a price for the property since it will likely be an investor purchasing it.

An other advantage of paying with credit card may be that you will not have to send the provider a 1098 tax form (only an issue if the total yearly amount is over $800). 

Issues 1) even garage conversion ADUs in single family zoned areas typically cost more to build than the value that they add.  

Are you aware of some actual legal authority that validates the IRS opinion on this issue?

those with score averages between about 625 and 685 have issues, but generally are manageable.