Personally I can't imagine depending on the government for income to live on in retirement.

Government just runs by itself. 

The federal government has provided guidelines concerning autonomous vehicles.

That and being able to have a property analysis that I can customize with my logo, print and show to lenders I may work with.

You will have interest carry on either rehab or new const, but the complexity of involving the local government in your business plan can/does insert a whole new level of review and approvals (read: risk).

For example, the stuff I can buy here in Austin would be 3x the price of the stuff I can buy in Michigan where I'm from, but labor prices would be even more different because of the high amount of immigrants here (versus the terrible government in Mi, who knows what would be better).I've found a number of books on the subject.

This happens in residential because of government support.

However, in the fine print, I a liable to pay the full 5 years worth of interest even if I sell after 6 months.  

I'm currently a Software Engineer for the United States Government that specializes in Cyber Security.

Where conventional and government-back financing have remained difficult loans to qualify for, more and more borrowers are flocking to bridge lenders for loan approvals.