With the rates where they are at, you would be able to finance your projects pretty cheap and tie up minimal amounts of capital as continue to refi and repeat. 

.- Tie-downs or straps that hold the trailer to the slab. 

Thank you for your response, I just wasn't sure if legally to make the loan a loan, if there needed to be some interest tied to it. 

I was just told by this same agent she won't be able to help me, even when I said i think I found a single family home that will work with what i am tying to accomplish.

I would not use the owner to manage your units, it is clearly a conflict of interest as his units will be priority.To increase cash flow and equity ( assuming your units can be assessed without regard of the other units no belonging to you. 2 options: get a professional management company or hire a person smart enough to take the task, teach them what you expect and tie the performance of the asset to their compensationie: filling vacancies, lease renewals, and property accounting, repairs maintenance etc.

I work a job for 17.50 an hour, so my own money is all tied up.

While it does address the tax problem, it creates several other problems:your capital is tied for a yearyou become a landlords, with all related headachesthe tenant can destroy the property into which you just poured cash for rehaband more 

My father-in-law got Parkinson's Disease a few years ago and passed away 18 months ago leaving his daughters and me a lot of loose business ends to tie up so I totally understand what you're going through. 

https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov...Governor Newsom was one of the original supporters of this bill, helped get it passed, announced he was going to sign it even before it passed the Assembly, and actually wanted STRONGER caps on rent increases than the current bill awaiting his signature has in it.

I’ve built my property ownership up over time, but I would be in a much stronger position now if I decided back then to buy the 4-plex and live in 1 of the units.