This will attract good people and is commonly known as stabilizing a unit.And BTW: selling FSBO to save 6% comission is defeating the purpose; why do you think everyone on BP is hunting for an off-market deal?

I ended up having to manually reconcile some of the Stessa reports, which defeated the purpose of using an online platform.

The principle is what you need to take away ( Use HELOC money to pay your bills, deposit your income back to HELOC balance, Occasionally use HELOC money to pay extra principle on a loan, and repeat).You are gonna have the extra bill of the HELOC payment but Long Term you will have a lot a interest that you're defeating by paying principle off early.  

I can admit defeat when I was wrong....I was.

This does not defeat lawsuits, does not achieve full anonymity, etc.

An initiative / referendum tried to ban them in PS last June, however, that was resoundingly defeated by the voters.

Geez @Vincent CranePeople can get the capital.They also need:Negotiation TrainingGood Contract AttorneyProspecting SkillsSales skillsA business quick start PlanA sales license in many states to do creative dealsa coach to get startednot chasing "shiny objects"support from spouseI find your tone a little defeating, why not give some advice on how to get started? 

The odds of you keeping everything separate 100% of the time with that much juggling is basically zero, which defeats the purpose because the corporate veil is pierced anyway.

A broker told me that there are actually sellers who want to sell, but don't want to take the tax hit and buying or exchanging into another property at the current prices defeats the purpose of selling.

I believe you could purchase an off market deal, than as soon as title cleared begin to market the property as you would now own it, but if you can just double close it would defeat the entire intent of law which btw is something courts will often look at during cases about interpretation of laws, what was the intent?