I don't know you or your wife, but I would bet heavy on the chance she would enjoy EVERYTHING you do with RE after something like that happens!

We don’t pocket the entire $500 by any means, we let our company pay for our health insurance, cars, gas, car insurance, lability insurance, meals, phones, internet, accounting, legal expenses, etc, etc.

House hacking is your best bet.

We actually work in Scottsdale mainly.So now the market here is booming and demand is super strong.But I bet California is also an area with high demand

However, if the tenant is paying $1000/month as a monthly rent payment then advertising the gross rent of $1000 isn't technically wrong.I've ran into a lot of weird undisclosed stuff in leases like landlord supplied utilities and internet, incorrect rent amounts, landlord paid routine maintenance, etc.

Best place to find lenders is at your local REIA, NOT ON THE INTERNET!!

As for partials vs a fund, partials if it’s got equity coverage is a very safe bet.

Investment Info:

Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.

I started my LLC in 2019 with no experience in real estate (except buying my own house) and purchased a 32 unit apartment complex. W...

I bet if you keep pushing with local banks, especially those popular within your local investing community, you'll find one that does HELOCs on investment properties.If not, or perhaps even if so, you could always do a Cash-out Refinance with a lender and have a permanently amortized loan that get's you the cash.  

What knowledge does for you is figure out creative strategies to obtain financing and/or the ability to re-evaluate your options even with a higher interest rate.Analyze your flip and bring in a private investor (many of which you would find on BP) , If you could bet your life savings on the deal.