One of the most common ways people have ran into challenges renting out a part of their home (regardless of lease length) is because of some unhappy neighbors because tenants park in front of their house and they complain to the city or unlicensed STR (mainly Denver County).

Make sure the listing length is appropriate (e.g. 1 month is not much use, get 6 month +)3.

There was a car in the driveway but I had no way to know if it had been financed or not but I got a surety bond on it and sold it.

But if I build instead I'll need some sort of construction loan that I can qualify for given my situation.I have great credit and enough cash to cover ~65% of total costs (land + materials + labor), but would rather use some sort of loan so I don't have to lock up so much of my capital in what will likely be a lengthy build process.Have any of you ever built homes in a similar situation as me? 

Does any have experience bonding off a mechanics lien?

Just find a good, fair price with a Contractor who is properly licensed/bonded/insured with good references.

@Andrea Bonds If you can find deals, from wholesalers or anywhere else, you should be able to find buyers to match them with and earn a commisison or fee.

This can be as lengthy as you want it to be.

Real estate is an asset just like a stock or bond, with its own characteristics and risk at this point, most real estate throws off less cash flow than a bond or divided stock on average, but has more apperception potential than either. the stock market on average tends to out perform real estate dollar for dollar but with the use of leverage real estate offers a much higher coc return historically.

I like to call Omaha the "bond market" of real estate.