I sent him a notice today via email demanding payment no later than 5:00pm 4/16/18 and I threatened to notify the MLS board and the department of state if he doesn't pay me.

I’m not really qualified to speak on this hahaBut it seems like the % back on your money would be amazing, but still kinda playing with chump change. 100% of 500 dollars is still only 500...

Basically, if you want to do the work above board, I would say that there is NO WAY to do a $150/sqft build in the Bay Area.

Lead me to that Lender, not requiring him/me to have any skin in the game!

The problem is once you own more than 10% of the building conventional lenders have an issue lending in the building so the board and existing shareholders will have a problem selling/refinancing their loans.

If you finance conventionally, like your own house, you can qualify for higher leverage loans.   

So, not to invalidate your 14 day notice, you should serve it on the 2nd.So the 2 ways is to either go back on the 2nd to give it or pick everyone up on the 2nd and give it then.Be careful of the individual contracts cause this could set you up as a boarding house. 

(Neighbors are not interested in selling me 33 sq. ft. of land)I've heard about cities allowing variances, but I'm not sure how they work or if I would qualify for a variance to the planning code in my situation.

If spouses file a joint return, the joint venture between spouse is a qualified joint venture that is not treated as a partnership. 

But on the other hand, if the schools are terrible, and they are, where is the qualified workforce that will continue to grow our economy supposed to come from?