I will continue to seek out a possible loop hole...and if not a loop hole...forge the way for someone else (if not myself) down the road who may find themselves as committed as I am to a particular career path that infringes very little if at all on anyone else.

A benefit to strips is you can get forward commitments ahead of time for leasing up versus a vacant apartment unit where you can't lock down anticipated revenue as soon.

Lets say I have 5 people committed to loan me money for investment property

If you can commit to a year, an FHA loan is a great way to get into a property VERY inexpensively, but again, you have the issue of property condition.

I want to establish a steady cash flow that would allow me to work solely for myself before venturing into development, because of the time commitment I feel something like that would require.2.

But I'd probably be OK if there was a loan commitment deadline on both that gave you an out on either if you couldn't get funding for both.

The reason I recommend AMO firms is their commitment and high standards of service, ethics.

You get that in court saying I'll sell at some future price and give you the right to do so if you pay me some value today is totally illogical and that won't hold well.If you call a certain contract by a name there are expectations of that contract conforming to the requirements perceived and associated with it.You can have a future sale contract where you may agree to future prices, commit to sell, obtain consideration for holding the property off the market, but that certainly is not an option contract.All outhouse lawyers please report to the remedial RE class!

As of 2014, I have committed to being involved in real estate full time, whether through investments, as an agent, or managing my handyman business.

for a non owner occupied it is 25% down and 6 months reservesAnd it is usually a slightly higher interest rate - nothing too drastic fro us to ever consider committing mortgage fraud @Joseph Tarallo