What is the security on the above?

Can you pull the cash off the business credit card?

No sure about that as buyers want to see the finished product and showing them before pictures will often not be well received.That's funny, my wife said the exact same thing about showing them the before pictures. 

The rent control in some cases is really unfair to the landlord as the percentage increases are virtually irrelevant when the rent is a small amount.

I believes that well-planned real estate investments can open the door to financial freedom and generational wealth.Welcome!

I do a lot of private lending and we do make some passive interest, but the good fixing flippers make the bulk of the money.

In fact most of the rental SFH we have sold to owner occuoants.

there are ways to get around the highest and you also need to take into account the savings you will generally have on the purchase side when compared to other regions. 

Little did I know it would take decades to ripen :)3. bought a foreclosure sale .. traded the house for the 3 acres the person who owned the house. 

Hi John,Welcome to the community!