They used their HELOCs for frivolous vacations and car purchases but when the music stopped and all of a sudden their payments (in addition to their first mortgage) increased (maybe even doubled), they were unable to pay them off and thus had to foreclose. 

@Logan Hassinger My SDIRA is used as a debt instrument and has a guaranteed return.

Me and my wife own  Vendetta Entertainment a creative production company for commercials, photography, music videos and fiction content.

It has been so instrumental in our investing journey, and in my growth as a real estate agent.

The way I look at it, a parallel might be a renter has a right to play music on a radio inside the unit, but if he turns it up super loud and it bothers others- that should be stopped also.Good Luck!

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I cannot stress enough how instrumental BP has been in even getting this far!

Also, my manager is instrumental in my learning process.

Cue the dramatic music and a small single woman racing through the night with her dogs and cats, in pouring rain and unbelievable wind.

Mortgage REITs make money by borrowing short-term to buy longer-term mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and, increasingly, other kinds of credit instruments.

Not me.I have a framework.That framework "tries to" balance out a comfortable life vs. being just a toiling slave to a goal.But I will say this, I do enjoy most everything real estate.For instance if I'm sitting in the hot tub listning to music (or posting in here) and a call comes through saying a roof blew off, some people would consider that a huge hassle.But I don't look at it that way.