A REAL General Contractor gets very special treatment and they should, Even at lowly Home Depot every order over $2000 goes back to corporate in Atlanta for review, where they will knock off 5-25%.

Also for the delay my fiance and I are saving for a wedding in August which I know is not a wise financial investment but her mom has stage 4 breast cancer being in a coma less than a year ago and we all want her to be here for that event. 

BTW, if my tenants pay their rent on time for X number of years, do I now owe them special treatment?

However, I will say that LLC is not recognized in Canada and deemed a foreign corporation, resulting in unfavorable tax treatment.  

To put it another way, I don't care if an oncologist has had cancer, I care that he knows how to solve the problem of cancer.It is a matter of perspective too. 

@Greg JungeFrom the tax side your CPA/EA will have to start tracing disbursements to ascertain the tax treatment of related interest.Also if you take a draw from the HELOC, and put in a checking/savings account for a month or number of months while you look for a deal, it's not business interest like most would think. 

I had planned to spend the year working in a cancer research lab while I applied to schools but now find myself starting from scratch at something I have really only studied in theory.

Tax treatment - the US tax code is highly favorable to real estate investors relative to all other forms of investment.4.

This tax legislation extends or reverts to pre-2023 tax treatments of very favorable tax legislation that apply to real estate investors. 

When comparing syndication to a pure investment property (you are not Owner occupying any portion) the treatment is generally the same.