Hard Money will mainly look at the property and it's cash-flow. 

.-- I have some skills in remodeling/construction and some vacation time I could take to do more major repairs/upgrade/etc.The main goal I'm looking for advice is how to go from being a single family house hacker to owning a commercial real estate space that I could art studio hack (share loan payments with other tenants that I manage) to use as a shared art / video /dance studio? 

this is the main reason I took out my washer and dryer in my triplex .

@Colby Mulry I am working on the same things as far as having partners come on board, and some of their main desires besides strong long term gains are the current benefits tax wise. 

So there apparently is some discretion on the inspections.I think the main issue with wholesaling to a VA buyer would be the length of time the loans take to close.

There's a lot of life factors that come into play, not just the REI investing aspect. 

The main reason for paying it off every month is to avoid paying interest charges. 

I have one main checking account for my LLC to help separate it from my personal banking.

One of your goals is to build capital so this does fall under one of your goals and if this is a person that you believe you can trust and do business with, which is one of the main things that I would focus on (the partnership).

That brings their total return up to $64,400/yr or a return of 47.7% per year (I know, I know, I didn't factor in the increasing cashflow - I did that to be conservative).