As far as my lender I started with small multi family and had met the woman in charge of residential lending at my bank over the years at various local functions.

In such cases, the property should ideally function as a flip, benefiting from either market appreciation or improvements ("forced appreciation") to maximize its value. 

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

The limit on the line will mostly be a function of the CLTV on the property, your DTI, and the lender's risk appetite.

I was hoping to get some clarity on the rent collection functionality of the stessa/rentredi platform, versus hiring a property management company.

There is a recent post from this year that doesn't say good things about them, as far as the organization of the company goes.

Based on my experiences of requesting rent increases on dozens of section 8 recipients, the housing organization has always granted a rent increase.... perhaps not at the level I would like but never below the current rate. 

The search function should find them.

I was hoping to get some clarity on the rent collection functionality of the stessa/rentredi platform, versus hiring a property management company.

Keyrenter North Jersey opened this year, leveraging the proven processes, systems, technology, and infrastructure of the large organization, combined with the focus, support, customer service and local expertise of a small business.