Decently likely she's trying to pull one over on you, and even if she's not, collecting rent by card in general comes with a lot of things that could wrong and hardly any upside except convenience.

This is again, why I would speak to a good real estate attorney (I have a very good one based out of San Diego if you DM me I can pass along his info). 

One thing I commonly see is that PMs charge the guest the cleaning fee.

What about multifamily, with one as a primary?

What if one of the lease was 50 years for $10/mo?

In addition, one of my mom's "friends" is in control of the trust.

The other option is to form an LLC prior and both go on the loan in terms of dual borrowers so that the land is used from one owner and the assets or cost to build is coming out of the other partners funds.If you do not own a primary home you can build a home with as little as 3.5% down but cannot use an investor for that option. 

Only one house in current portfolio, but looking to grow and network with anybody interested!

Hello everyone,I'm based in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and my wife and I currently own a duplex apartment where we live in one unit (we've had it for two years).

One common advice I have noticed is purchasing a duplex or multi family home in your area or at least 30 miles within proximity.