We had one applicant, but decided not to go with him because he said he couldn't control his son's smoking habits. 

However after reading rich dad, poor dad, I feel I am letting the aspect of the money control me!

Ideally you want tenants on M2M to allow you better control over your property.

You can advertise you have a contract for sale.Get a sale and purchase agreement that can be legally assigned and sold for an 1 to 2% assignment feeIf you don't want the rehabber to know how much you paid for it, find transactional funding or get on title somehow with private lender funding or find a joint venture partner to provide funding or get on title with Hardmoney lender funding so that you can buy at first and then resell it.Illegal Wholesaling only means that you're not telling the truth to the seller, and you have no intention of ever buying it, hence the reasons for all of this loud noise about illegal wholesaling.Wholesaling is legal in every state as long as you follow good business practices.

You control it, you manage the investments but you don't have access to any benefits those investment provide until you start taking distributions at retirement.

Coastal wood floors (was custom wood floors but i mostly do normal refinishing and its actually what i like to do) but i do all kinds of floors (for rental units you cant beat coretec) Almost all of my contacts are concentrated on the OBX and they might venture up into currituck but getting them up more towards the metro areas would be harder. also capable of most interior work like trim, cabinets, painting. dont really venture outside of that much unless im DIY

LOL, I love the Unicorn Farm idea, if Real Estate doesn't work out, that will be my backup venture. 2.

I certainly did not, and neither did the mortgage lender who  pre-qualified me.After closing on the HELOC  this week, I was reading through the docs last night and stumbled upon the Occupancy clause :"Borrower shall occupy, establish, and use the Property as Borrower's principal residence within 60 days after the execution of this Security Instrument and shall continue to occupy the Property as Borrower's principal residence for at least one year after the date of occupancy, unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or unless extenuating circumstances exist which are beyond Borrower's control"So I'm not sure what to do.  

2 camps in CA I see frequently.Those who made a ton of equity cycle upside and their dead equity versus the rents they collect has a wide gap.They see California with a host of issues and raising taxes and looking to put rent control on landlords.

I'm not opposed to finding a good team to start off with, but I eventually want to venture off into my own.