@Christopher Meaker I would imagine that in your area there are much easier and straight forward deals to cut your teeth on.Perhaps start with a couple 2-4 residential income units and move up from there?

I'm going to have cut my rent in half to allow the restaurant to make money.

Being able to accurately estimate the rehab costs and understand that the buyers are looking for some equity in the house after your cut.

from what i see, you are such a cut up!

I want to fuel it by one of the example of my own to prove again that boring is real sexy in real estate!

I'd use plexiglass instead of wood and cut the holes with the same hole saw I use for roughing in recessed lighting.

Small lots after you develop with set backs , curb cuts e t c it will be no land left for parking and you will have issue finding a tenant after spending all the money to develop it .

A lot of MLOs will sign off on anything, but in my experience in lending and the secondary market for notes, it's good to fully underwrite your loans and not take short cuts.

1) Credit cards2) Personal loan (some banks and credit unions still do these)3) Get a second job4) Peer to peer lending5) Sell some things you own6) Cut back expenses as much as possible

That being said, I may try to get my feet wet renting this house out and then sell it 3 years from now in order to fuel future investments.