I’m willing to bet you went “heavy” on wholesale / flipping / marketing education and very light or not at all on real estate principles, real estate finance, and real estate law.  

Seem they were recently sued by Daimler Trust for a vehicle that they had used Michael's mothers identity to purchase or lease what appears to be a Mercedes vehicle.  

I use to think CT laws were heavy on this, but boy was I wrong!

I think most of the ones I have come across are either a) Very well off, and diversifying, or b) much later in their careers and they are using a vehicle they know (RE), just in a more passive way. 

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

If the deal doesn't pencil like this, then you're taking on a heavy layer of additional risk by using the heloc for permanent financing - you basically don't have an exit. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, just announced new rules requiring the average efficiency of new vehicles 50+ miles per gallon by 2031.

It really depends on the condition and if the person smoked indoors and was a heavy smoker.You are going to have to wash all of the surfaces with TSP, chances are you will need to repaint (especially if they've been there for 10 years) and may need to stain block the ceilings before painting. 

When I travel for a boots-on-tour I NEVER rent a vehicle for this exact reason, I get a taxi(uber) everywhere and I simply talk to them, what good, whats bad, where should I go, where should I stay away from, whats happening, are things getting better, worse, what do you love about area, what do you hate.

From working at a lending institution in a previous life I learned alot about locating vehicles and determining if the vehicle is the correct vehicle.