I was told if I could show a professional license such as a broker license I might get approved but the best option would be a Private Investigators license, otherwise, they didn't see any other path to approval for me or my company.

Been here before with Akron code and got a complete run around.

@Derek LeggettWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

Most of the big land wholesalers whole-tale the deals, meaning they actually buy/close on the land (using their own money or other people's money) and then list on the MLS to sell, because it is very difficult to find buyers without widely marketing it. 

It's definitely nice to have a paid off rental.

I’ll try to answer some of your questionsonce a note has matured the note holder has the legal right to call the note due - with proper notification to the debtor.  

Here is a list of what adding ADUs in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

You'll get all kinds of advice from novices here- good and bad.

Have you been able to?

Mike, Welcome to the 'club'.We worked with HOA and PUD when we first niched to real estate.