I politely spoke to the owner Brent Voepel about it and he screamed at me.

This post is screaming for the "Due Diligence" example finger waving.  

I'm a rookie wholesaler in the Inland Empire and I am on the hunt for those TLC/Handy-Man Special/Screaming Deal properties.

As I'm being dragged kicking and screaming intro the world of landlording.

If that is you please DM me as I am struggling to find any legit reviews good or bad unless it is straight off his website or from angry people screaming scam alert without actually having done anything with it.

However I would not fund a deal based on a rezone unless it was a screaming deal and it could be sold as is for the current use so we did not lose money.

Your post screams of someone who thinks inside the box.

You have to remember that the LTV on the re-fi is going to be at 70%LTV and conservative...BRRRR really isn't that great unless you have a screaming deal...most folks that BRRRR with a lender involved get screwed when they have huge renos or unexpected costs with the combination of being incorrect on the ARV...it's really a pretty advanced technique...and there are very few places in the country where you can find deals to make BRRRR worthwhile....sometimes economic condition may create a good BRRRR climate, but those days are passed...

Another problem with this is that I also flip and have friends that flip and buy and hold and if I run across a screaming deal I'll do my best to take it down personally or pass it to someone I know. 

If you give that genuine drive, drag yourself up like Rocky from every bloody failure and just keep swinging, all the other things will come naturally on that path.