Margins may be skinnier in the beginning, but my end goal is to build a sustainable model and benefit from economies of scale, just need to get things off the ground!

Also, I'm sure you could find creative ways to employe somebody in the business as maybe an equity partner or on a performance/commission basis that would really help you scale your business without committing too much of your current cash flow...

The artwork I make is large-scale and often involves construction techniques used in home-building.

The scale is 1890 to 2015.

She scaled back from her peak so she can have more balance.

Then do cash out refis on them later on to scale up.

I think you can continue scaling up and maybe focus on getting rid of certain parts of the responsibility? 

I should be able to add new properties as I scale my portfolio).

Then, you can determine how much you need to allocate each month to budget for potential repairs.With apartments, you have economies of scale.  

No gifts allowed on investment properties, generally.If the funds have been seasoned in a plain boring checking/savings account in your name for >2 bank statement cycles, the lender isn't going to ask, and you aren't going to lie, and it will not be called a gift, saving the deal.Post-closing, the lender isn't going to be tracking your checking/savings accounts, so again no one will ask why you're sending this money to the UK, and thus you will not need to lie.If you haven't deposited and seasoned those funds yet, you need to find a local non-big-bank lender that'll do a verbal wink wink nudge nudge with you - or wait >2 bank statement cycles to talk to any lender.Don't bother writing offers until those funds have been seasoned for >2 bank statement cycles, or you're going to find yourself tempted to commit some variety of mortgage fraud.On the sneakyness scale of 1-10, this is like a 1... we're setting it up so that no one's going to ask, and thus you will not have to lie.