I believe for our situation (once it is not a primary residence) what they offer would be a small business type of loan.

Huh.A lot of apartment complexes here give referral fees to their residents.

I personally used Bullet Roof for my residence and have a lot of clients that have used Rosie's Roofing.

After spending a whole couple of days reading through various forum posts, I'm still not clear on how people who invest in 100s of investment properties, deal with their taxes.My biggest question is this: Suppose, I refinance my existing primary residence or an investment property and end up using cash-out to buy another investment property.

I applied for an fha loan through a credit union and they tell me FHA does not quialify for multi residence.

The only other mortgage I have is on my primary residence.

If you are willing to share how much you are willing to bring to the table, that might help people on the site share solutions.

Construction loan offers you protection in the sense that vs a HELOC, a default won't result in the loss of your residence.

That's where your solution is.  

Second there are many different ways to get into real estate investing whether it be single family residences, buy and flip homes, buy and hold as rentals, invest in apartments as a passive investor or by being active lead sponsor which you mentioned you’d want to be active I’m focused on the apartment arena so I can give you my two cents on apartment syndication from a passive aspect and more active approach.