Quote from @Miguel Garcia: If I look into investing out of state should I look to get pre approved by a lender in that area or would a lender in my area be fine?

They should have also gotten approval from you before charging and doing repairs.

I wanted to start tracking my daily hours in the business and wanted to understand HOW I need to do this so it gets approved come tax time. 

I heard that you would need to get neighborhood approval in addition to the city approval...

I own a mobile home that I rent out and I am looking to make my first MFH purchase this upcoming year to house hack. 

I got approved for a HELOAN on my primary property but not sure if I should take the loan to just use as “leverage/reserves” to show the HML and get funded.

Not all lenders will share this as they will need to get approval from the borrower before providing.

We are running into a roadblock of him getting approved for a loan.

So accepting and approving multiple applicants is the norm?

@Phil SheltonYou would need a civil engineer to provide a drawing to get submitted to zoning and get a permit if it passes zoning is most common This also depends on the road - if it’s a state road forget it as it will take a year to get approved and cost a fortune - if it’s a local road process not as cumbersome but don’t expect this to happen quicklyIn some instances you may have to prepare sight distances etc to make sure it’s safe to add a curb cut