Flipping is a straight up business (and is taxed as such) and REIT investing is essentially buying and selling stocks.

Does it essentially take you back to square one, wiping out your equity in the property?

A few more to add here: Underestimating the CapEx needed to take the project to stabilized statusPoor Property Management CompanyOne Man Band Sponsor (Syndication is a team sport)Poor Investor Relations (in the front and back end)Mismatch in loan product to asset requirementTo conclude, Real Estate Syndication is complex with a lot of moving parts and having a team is essential to executing a business plan in order to meet or exceed investor returns.

But that's essentially why I have a "break lease" fee because, even if I don't lose one day of rent, I need to be made "whole"...and that includes compensation for my time.With that said, I don't feel a LL can normally charge for their "time" or a fee, unless those consequences were spelled out ahead of time. 

Essentially 3.5% of that total amount.Now, FHA loans have rules that apply to ALL FHA loans and for your scenario here's what you need to know:You must be moving more than 90 miles away from your current FHA loan.If you need rental income from the pre-existing home that you are vacating you must have an appraisal performed on that property that proves 25% equity in the property.

The 7 Essential Habits of Highly Effective People has been very inspirational for me.

We essentially cleaned it up.

The above may give a path for an inspector to 'get out of the way' - however it'd ultimately be their call if they would allow the engineer's sign-off to essentially allow them to get out of the way from a liability standpoint.Sounds like a bit of a pickle, but getting different answers from different contractors does not surprise me at all.The other thing that just crossed my mind is to do a 'sample' of the foundation by cutting, jack-hammering/removing a section of wall in a controlled way. 

I'm not 100% knowledgeable on HELOC's but if I have a $200,000 home paid off, and get a HELOC of 70% then I could essentially have a $140,000 line of credit to use to buy and rehab, then refinance and pay back my HELOC, rinse and repeat?

I asked if I could buy it from my grandfather on the negotiation of a seller financing deal where he would save money on taxes with monthly installment payments that would be his retirement essentially.