I've since gotten engaged and don't want to move a new bride into a makeshift apartment in a pole barn style shop but the price of building a shop and house of any size, currently, will "overbuild" the value of the location of the land so I've opted to just having a shop and buying a house in town. 

The gentleman is 64 and it is his childhood home that was purchased from his parents 10 years ago.

My dad has my childhood home that he has been paying on for roughly 17 years and wants to get rid of it.

Hi,Newbie investor here seeking to buy my first duplex which happens to be my childhood home out-of-state.

Quite a few of the rent controlled units there, have tenants that were there since childhood so buying them out could become quite the costly endeavor.

Here is our situation:Rent House 1 (Paid Off)  Appraised at $92,000Triplex Rental Units  (still owe 58,000)  Appraised at 110,00055 Acres Land (Paid Off)  Our hopes are to build a Barn / Bride & Groom Quarters / Landscaping that should roughly cost us between $150,000 and $200,000.If I go to get a Business loan, what are my options that would allow us to have the least amount of down payment possible? 

Even my AC guy's Sunday School Teacher from his childhood is flipping houses as well as every other Jack, John, and Jill.

Well, someone whose family owned the cottage during their childhood has made us a substantial offer to purchase it back.

@Jim Adrian Strangely what you do with your kids sounds exactly like my childhood

I have a partner (childhood-friend, non-veteran) who would split with me the down payment in excess of the entitlement ($649K for San Diego) and any renovation costs.