Many want to do the right thing but some people abuse lack of knowledge or abuse power.

After all, I had been comparing apples to oranges.

I don't want to deal with an HOA or condo board, their fees, their lack of action, their rules.Give me a freestanding multifamily or apartment building, I can whip it into shape, and control what goes on in it.

Lack of capital, not a bad problem to have.It sounds like you're doing well, you may need to give more details but BP is a great place to start networking and potentially raising private money.What more details do you have on your operation, returns, niche?

I just feel like with no skin in the game and no deals done, my credibility is....lacking and to ask someone to invest with me would be naive.

@Chris Roche  I think you answered your own question when you said that the lack of a washer & dryer was the biggest complaint you had!

I understand my HELOC is astronomically cheaper than Hard Money as i'd be paying interest only at 6% but am worried about having MY entire ***/Home on the line for lack of better terms.

I lack much actual experience but I have learned alot. 

Consider that an appraiser may take $30,000 to $40,000 off his/her new valuation of the finished home for the fact that it now lacks a garage. 

My credit score is extremely high, I have a high-paying job, no debt and I've been rejected over 13 times due to lack of "credit" history or some other ridiculous reason.