I believe you can explore commercial lending.

There are many article and post regarding this here.

@Rick Reeder I agree with @Cameron Tope I think this proposal will see significant push back and if it is adjusted then CPAs, attorneys, asset managers, and real estate investors will have to explore other avenues to delay or mitigate that tax impact.  

In addition to the cost to register and annual fee, each state offers different anonymity - i.e. some states like DE will make very little information readily available to the public (or available only after payment of a fee), while other states, like FL will at a minimum include and make available to the public the annual filings and the original Articles of Organization on their website.

I also recommend you read this article I wrote for Bigger Pockets titled How to Invest in Real Estate Before Turning 21.

Article link below:https://www.bizjournals.com/au...

We have a facility in Southern Cal that we are looking to refi out our SBA tranche (long story on why we want to explore taking this out).

There are also articles here at BP written by J Scott.

There are a lot of possible issues you really need to consider and explore if you want to proceed with both of your  proposals. 

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