Made some sweat equity by renovating most of property myself.

Financing options limiting the possibility of a good deal(not getting approved for a fixer-upper with sweat equity)Am I wrong?

Changing words is far less egregious than many of the other laws in California, so I wouldn't sweat it.

Don’t sweat it you were charged fairly

You’d sweat bullets.

If there is not some form of sweat equity, or path to increase rents, or conversion to add more units that creates equity, the investor then needs to be able to get a return in a different way. 

We put a lot of sweat and equity into that building with some help from family and friends.

We have spent about $15k in expenses not to mention our sweat equity.

The garage was legally converted back in the days, but it was never officially recorded so we got it legalized without much issue.By the way, I’m not a fan of Star Wars either so don’t sweat it.

Now there is a lot of different parts of the process but the best way to start is first getting a mentor who has been through it and has shed blood, sweat, and tears to build their empire.