Every day is a school day in this business.

I took two business law courses in college. 

In the latter case, I would still use QB to enter info provided by the 3P servicer and to maintain my general ledger for the lending business.

Not incredible, but fine.An out of state flip or flipping business, handled completely remotely? 

But it is my opinion you should try Airbnb, VRBO, booking.com and FlipKey and give it a chance to see if it is adding business.

Redlining IMO would only be an issue if @Jimmy O'Connor said to stay away or refuse to do business somewhere; he did not do that, he just pointed out property characteristics.

And I'm not saying this to earn your business just as if it was a residential property.

I personally do not touch equity in my own home to incorporate into my business.

Of course don't go there just looking for business, you go because you believe in whatever the group is doing. 

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