Worst part, you as a landlord would never know a tenant did this, unless you kept a log of your electric panel schedule, and I have yet to find a landlord who does that.If I had an electric panel that uses fuses in a property where a tenant had access to it, I would change it out to a panel that uses circuit breakers.

If you need access to more cash, could either look for a hard money lender or pump more equity into the home via overpayments for a year to build up the equity to use for a HELOC.

Normally because of access to the base the area does well.

You will still appear on most LLCs without additional steps being taken, but you can make the land trust appear anonymous with this strategy while getting access to the funding you are looking for.This isn't legal advice, just my opinion as a real estate investor.  

The numbers do work for me to purchase the property and it would constantly rent, so we will see if it works out that way in the future for me to purchase to property.

My understanding is that only licensed agents get access to the MLS is that right? 

I have the construction contacts and access to funds for the ground up construction (1 building at a time).   

There are a lot of fees associated with being an agent or broker - insurance, Association dues for access to MLS, etc so make sure you are doing enough deals to cover this As an agent you have to work for a broker and give a portion of commission to them, even for your own deals.As a broker, you need experience to become a broker. 

The equity on your personal residence is more accessible via Heloc than investment property.

A 1031 exchange would be a good idea if you're wanting to sell the first one because then you can access all of the equity.