A good mentor would take the time to make sure you understood what he was talking about, how to apply it and answer your questions.  

I guess I'm asking for something like a hard money lender, but I don't know if they lend on assets you already own.I guess you could put the paid off rental in a sandbox (trust, or corporation) so that the income from that rental is only counted against the debt from that rental then take basically any loan on it, but outside of that what options are there?

Amex will give BLOC if you take loans and repay a few times.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

I am putting this together just in case there is also someone who is as crazy as myself on BiggerPockets who has taken the leap or will take the leap in the future to see later down the line.

I believe I can take the $500,000 and leverage it into 2-4 cash flow neutral- -positive STR units which would cover the net uptick in debt coverage.

I kind of figured some company would take this one.. for me though I would want to know who their underwriter is..

Sending copies of invoices shouldn't take you more than ten minutes of your time and can keep you out of small claims.

Find solid contractors, ****** ones take a long time and give false promises

But ensure it is legit, if you are audited, and you didn't rightfully take the position, it's not just the tax - you'll be hit with late payment penalties, substantial underpayment penalties, interest, and potentially fraud related penalties if it can be determined that you knew you didn't meet the qualifications but claimed it anyways.