I typically build in an inspection contingency into my offers (yes this reduces my competitiveness of my offers, but its also a safety net to protect my bottom line).

If you do not want to do that, then you would have to ask the seller to reduce the purchase price by that dollar amount.

Look at a few each day online, or catch up with an agent who knows their stuff and househacked to give you some pointers. 

A cash flow study should be performed to ensure that the refinance does not drastically reduce the property's return.Good luck!

If you are listing it online, aren't you just in a sense just "listing it on market"? 

Is there any way of reducing closing costs? 

It was costing me $450/mo plus a $90 subscription to quickbooks online.

Go online to Home Depot, Lowes, etc. just to keep tabs as to what's going on. 

While I realize that if a person really wants to find out who owns the LLC, they ultimately can with some personal effort or potentially the courts, I didn’t want people to be able to easily look up that information online (ie a simple Google search).

Unresolved code violations, such as unpermitted modifications, could impact your ability to refinance or could reduce the property's appraised value, affecting loan terms.