Following his injury, he elected to step away from having a hands-on role in the hotel, but also did not hire a professional hotel management company.

I design net zero houses so I know a little about the single family residential market for net zero construction, but I don't know what role you are envisioning for yourself.

As a passive investor or another role?

The specific area will play a big role in rental value and the type of tenant you will be attracting. 

here is the deal, 1 we( my dad and I) have completed a spec and have the profit (180k) in a 1031.2 we have a comical property under contract for 310 (180+100extra+30 owner financed) 3 we don't have enough down for the building we want to build so we want to use the 1031 to 30+ year lease for 280 with option to buy for 30k  ( we happen to know the seller)will this allow us to 1031 another spec house to exercise the option and make a down payment without the irs clapping us?

That will allow you to work on your business instead of in your business, and if you keep focusing on making $ and exercise financial discipline you can scale pretty quickly.I actually grew up in Sayville and moved back in 2017. 

Weather plays a big role, because solar requires sunlight.

JVs tend to work well when you can identify aspects of the business that aren't your specialty, then find a partner who can fill that role and provide capital.

Her loan is FHA so the appraisal pays a big role for this sale.Yesterday she title company sent me an email ask for HOA all documents which includes below:*Status LetterArticles of IncorporationAudited FinancialsBudgetBylawsCurrent Unaudited Financial DocumentsDeclaration-CCRsInsurance Dec PageLitigationRules and RegulationsSpecial AssessmentsWelcome PackageSo I told the lady that this should be part of the closing cost, also I have already provided by law and other documents to the buys  why she needs order the whole package, plus she was putting the wrong address for the survey. 

I do recognize credit score, assets, LTV (the one where I am cashing out $1.75M will be at 70% LTV and is a quad), points/fees, etc. play a role in the rates, but your rate sucks.Also spending $4K to get $17K implies that you are paying 23.5% for your cash out prior to including the interests.