@John Morgan I'd say keep consuming real estate investment content, and I promise you it will stick. 

They aren't often spoken of because their rates are so far off the gov't subsidized rates you see advertised everywhere that 99% of consumers balk, ergo it's not the highest and best use of anyone's time to learn them well. 

I recently started to dabble in marketing directly to consumers looking to sell their properties cash in my local market, targeted by area code.

To answer your question, consume some larger MFRs and then loan my balance sheet to investors. 

Most consumer underwriters don't understand self-employed lending well enough to have a command of business returns and financials, so you might not get the question, but you will at least be prepared.

I am also a business owner and am being consumed by that at the moment.I just created a community editable map for Huntsville area, so experts can share their knowledge about certain areas to avoid (say, like Oakwood) and where the path of progress is heading. 

A car loan is consumer debt and cannot be attached

I would go on multiple Self Directed IRA websites and start to consume their content.

An A and B market would grow in value a lot, therefore you'll get a lot more equity, a C neighborhood will have the best cash flow, however, the management will be more expensive and more time consuming and less equity growth. 

His license number is your shield, if he does not do it, you have legal grounds to get a contractor's bond claim through his bonding agency, you will have to call the CSLB consumer hotline to guide you how to do it, they will require you that you document everything - you have to exhaust all options that the contractor should do the corrections, after that, get 2-3 bids from other contractors and the bond company will cover the difference in cost then go after the original contractor - it is like you are only paying the original contract amount.