You can get a credit union to do a drive by appraisal for a HELOC and the brokers can tell you prior what it will appraise for and you probably dont have to pay for the appraisal. 

Some cities do require them to register and have insurance, but that is no guarantee of the work or quality.While many will fight you on this, my suggestion is to never pay up front. 

I am not sure I understand the strategy of a company creating software and not wanting anyone who wanted to learn it learn; even if it was training you could pay for. 

At least in terms of rent, college students are paying 1100 - 1600 to rent by the room.

I am thinking of a system where my investor-based agent gives me a ball park, and after that I pay contractors to go in and give me itemized bids, what do you think about that?

As for selling with 10% down at 8% interest, you now have two title transfers that violate the due on sale clause and add complications to subject to “safeguards” that reduce risk if note is accelerated, if party in possession doesn’t pay taxes or insurance, and of triggering whatever system the lender has set up to notify them when a deed transfer takes place. 

A trust may offer some of the same benefits as an LLC, depending on your goals, and allowing you to claim the part of the house you live in as homesteaded tax.Make sure you have the right home insurance and consider an umbrella policy for extra protection.Certainly buying a house, using conventional financing with limited money down as a primary residence and renting out parts of the house to help pay the mortgage, is a smart financial move.

Costs can vary widely, but you might expect to pay anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000 for a comprehensive PPM (Private Placement Memorandum), Operating Agreement, and Subscription Agreement.

Both of them haven't asked for ground lease.

If we 1031 Exchange and end up staying in the home a paying off the mortgage are the deferred taxes due the day you pay off the property or is there a window of time in which they will be have to paid?