I recommend educating yourself on how to approach it legally just to ensure that you are abiding by all of the SEC guidelines.

Completely agree that I need to change my mindset and thinking when approaching situations!   

If cashflow is the right approach to take, what are your thoughts on the best cashflow markets?

It has the largest US Navy base in the world and countless other bases and facilities in the Hampton Roads area.

I.e. red light=needs my attention in the next 90 days, yellow light=needs my attention in the next 6 months, green light=does not need my attention in less than 12 months.The scale can be personalized to your own needs, obviously, but it's a decent way to organized your phased-approach to a big project. 

This also works with non-clients: vendors, realtors, etc.SEO Marketing:  A long term approach is building a website that is effective and can rank well on Google. 

the "frankenstein" approach to having the loan in your personal name to me is "bad." 

How should I approach this matter?

There are tons of resources and different approaches here.

There are countless what if scenarios.