Consolidate and integrate, hopefully in my backyard, but not opposed to OOS.  

I was originally opposed to the use of a hard money lender because rates can be so high, but seeing examples of ways to implement it makes sense and I wish I payed more attention when reading/hearing about them.

In more astute owner/property manager interactions, the contractor will be TOLD to decrease their price ASAP or the contractor would be terminated for any future consideration.I would most definitely contact the contractor to get the low down as to why it is more, since the property manager won't do it.It sounds like since you are doing a la carte service as opposed to full service, you are getting some bad answers from the property manager. 

I would simply sell it outright as opposed to owner financing if you really are looking to sell.

The unsecured line of credit most likely will have a lower interest rate opposed to the credit card unless the credit card is offering a special like "0% interest for 18 months."  

(as opposed to just in each state)My line of thinking would be that liability from each property would be limited to that property alone. 

The trends I have observed is that the City opposes density unless clearly allowed by code. 

He will only be able to fix the interest for five years as opposed to 30 on a mortgage to an LLC.

HELOCS are a portfolio product that a Big Box Bank (bbb) would offer where they would lend their own money as opposed to a MORTGAGE product where they can package, sell off the note and ultimately wipe their hands clean of any future possible risk.

I've read many books,& listening to YouTube, podcasts etc.. but you can only get so much from the Internet as opposed to being there in real life scenarios