you need to connect with some local (or hell, even look for nationwide lenders on BP) seasoned investors that will hook you up with a versatile lender. 

I highly recommend applying for the Chase Ink Business Preferred as right now the bonus is 100,000 points and they are some of the most versatile and valuable points in the travel hacking game.

I currently have a non profit that I use to supply vegetables to underprivileged schools.

I believe that owning real estate gives you the most versatile asset, when compared to stocks, bonds, etc.

people away.As for fire danger: I am aware that if my insurance company decides to leave the area, I may not be able to find another one easily, due to proximity to a canyon with vegetation - despite no history of fires.

What a long post...I am in Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first time in 9 years after the 2008 Collapse of the US Economy, Hep C and the new cure, almost dying from the tumor on my liver that showed up four years later and was not discovered by all my Primary Physicians, my Oncologist sitting on my bed when they were pulling the tubes out of my throat to see if I was waking up as a vegetable...the only thing she said was, "you need to get your affairs in order...you have three years to live."

.$2,000.00Remove overgrown vegetation............................$125.00PlumbingFaucet repairs..............................................................$75.00Water line repairs.......................................................$75.00KitchenNew tile in both kitchens installed.......................$2,500.00Windows/DoorsNew windows for both sides, installed...............$5,676.13New trim, caulk, and paint aroundnew windows...................................................$2,250.00New storm door...........................................................$300.00Replace back door threshold on both sides.....$300.00Estimated Time to Rehab........................................3 monthsActual Time to Rehab...............................................6.75 monthsTotal Rehab Cost.........................................................$25,115.80The RefinanceI worked with a mortgage broker to help me find a bank that would do an 80% LTV (loan to value) cash-out refinance with no seasoning period.

Financing optimization and versatility (traditional, hard money, line of credit, private capital).9.

Must blend with the neighborhood and vegetation. 

End of July 2018 and beginning of August 2018 the property had minor electrical work, deep clean throughout and large amount vegetation cut in the yard, twice, within 8 days of each other.