The statement that you will make back your “investment” in the mentorship program with your first “deal”.5.

Understand that they are doing this to make a profit, so it will be more expensive than coordinating maintenance yourself.It may be a decent program for a DIY owner that wants to just outsource maintenance, but you will have the same maintenance issues with this company that you would with a PMC:1) Higher costs2) Admins answering the phones & assigning work, that just know the basics about maintenance.

That is often a matter of opinion and will depend on the attitude of your municipality.Most municipalities do not require neighborhood approval, but will offer the public opportunities to provide input which will be considered.

There are 30 year fixed options and there are generally programs for 1-4 units and 5-8 units. 

and the property had a private dwelling value appraisal much higher than the public property appraiser claims. 

Your interest rate, on a fixed rate loan, should remain unchanged and your mortgage should not be called due.However you should still confirm that this is the case with your lender (and read your mortgage commitment) out of an abundance of caution and because some loans and programs do require a longer seasoning period.

I'm on the hudvash program and have been on it successfully for 16 years.

Most are selling hype to get you to buy their programs by deliberately make it sound easy.Your profile here on BP is blank, so guessing you are a "newbie"?

Or if you are able to connect to public water &  sewer, this would make the investment much easier.

Always a ton of real estate news in those publications.