So I decided to jump the hurdle and took some time to learn the commercial financing component so that I could move into larger multifamily properties.

So yes, typically you will need all plans signed off on by a P.E.The third common component is a study showing that the additional fill placed in the flood zone by your planned building will not significantly decrease the water holding volume of the floodplain (in addition with other permitted or built fills in the same basin).

When were the major systems and structure components updated (HVAC, roof, electric)Once you answer those and are comfortable with the answers from the other guys questions, you should be good. 

The intangibles of how they are in person, is the critical component  and why IMO I'd never just go off what they are like on paper.

It's so important to establish a good "tribe" of professionals (cooperative components) that you will use for each transaction.

I thought about the privacy component. 

Basically, non of the major components. 

That's the value of the business component of the sale.In larger companies (roughly $10M+) , there is a different method called EBITDA - earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.To that SDE value, we add the value of assets (vehicles, machinery, etc) and real estate, if any is to transact. 

Until you’ve blown up, the lending component of this business is going to be a challenge, and your ability to overcome that challenge is one of the few things that will separate you from the pack of mediocre, stagnant investors.

We would like to have a similar type of product; a low down payment loan with a construction component.