I mean one family on one home i bought basically stripped down to the studs .. everything was gone by the time I got them out. 

Basically, flip partnerships suck unless you spend a long time being clear about the roles and payouts, etc.

It's not easy, but all successful agents operate like a business with daily tasks to attract leads and follow through on those leads.

I'm not sure if we can like to articles on our own websites here, so to be safe I'll just suggest the IRS web page, which does do a pretty good job of explaining the basics: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510The main thing to know if you're going to claim business miles is that you do need to keep a log of every business trip. 

The plan is to use the heloc to purchase additional properties, and basically brrrr and pay back the balance - then repeat.What I didn't realize is how difficult it is to find a business heloc.  

Basically, you can't STR an entire home here, or even an ADU, and can only STR out a portion of a home that you reside in.

You are basically asking how to wholesale, but that's too long of a question to answer.

It’s an attached HPR, basically a duplex that is zoned as two single family homes.

One fire they had lit under and under pass and weakened it and it failed :)  Also they burn up their RVs and campers pretty often then the basic tent fire...

Yes, I’ve got a mortgage on it now, but my cash flow went from only $1000/month to $2400/month and I picked up 3 more properties basically for free with no out of pocket cash to buy them.