If any of you are still looking, the National Creditors Bar Association (NARCA) has a law firm directory search.

Some of the larger firms must have low capital cost and annual growth numbers to hit.  

Is there any other reason I may want to give such short terms given that I am also the part owner of the firm borrowing?

Argentina's economy has been a disaster recently, although it appears it may be recovering now.Regarding diversification, I firmly believe it is not a strategy for building wealth. 

Feel free to share your experiences and insights as I am eager to hear from those actively involved in the market.

Fannie Mae's guidelines verbatim are as follows:Must be occupied by the borrower for some portion of the yearMust be suitable for year round occupancyBorrower must have exclusive control over the propertyMust not be rental property or a timeshare arrangement (this has the following disclaimer in the guidelines:  If the lender identifies rental income from the property, the loan is eligible for delivery as a second home as long as the income is not used for qualifying purposes, and all other requirements for second homes are met (including the occupancy requirement above).Cannot be subject to any agreements that give a management firm control over the OCCUPANCY of the propertyThis means that as long as you intend to occupy the property some portion of the year, you could absolutely rent it while you are not using it. 

We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

We're purely a bookkeeping firm and provide some fractional CFO services. 

Make sure you are creating everything your prior firm was on the same cadence.

Sounds odd they would let one of their promoters and clients have this happen to them.Chris depends on who the registered agent is.. its still up to the owner of the LLC to pay the renewal or do it on line.. your law firm generally does not do that for you unless your going to pay them.