If she has been keeping her money in a small bank she might be surprised how simple it would be to get them to finance something for her.If neither of those options work tell her to look for local private lenders

With an increase of about 7% over last year in Denver (https://www.cpr.org/news/newsbeat/colorado-springs...) and no contraction in sight, scheduled rent increases should continue to multiply that $2,600 of mailbox money forever more, or at least until your portfolio review. 

You will probably have to increase the 1/2" gas line to 3/4".

Simple; start investing and keep adding over many years.

The lease allows you to use your money for repairs, get renters in there, and increase the value.

A simple google will let you know what's what, or here's a link explaining it all clearly: http://www.exeter1031.com/article_identification_r...If you want to go that direction, of course, remember that the properties you exchange into must be worth at least as much as the NJ property, and you must roll over at least as much equity.

Since I figured I would make the basement kitchen a reality later, years down the road, I wanted to keep the infrastructure simple and have an electric stove top.

There are way too many posts on BP on how to handle something as simple as rent collection and late fees.  

Use that land to increase the park from 30 lots to anywhere from 50-90 lots.

I think REI is the best path for me to take to increase my capital with passive income and short term goals, Long term investing is not something I want to start out with.