Regarding financing (and sight distance approval), maybe having your architect make up a small model with people and cars to help sell the project to the bank.This could be costly and of course there's no way to measure the effectiveness on their decision. 

One is your financial model and the other one is your personal stress level.

-Ben, aspiring multifamily house hacker

Additionally, I am open to partnering with other interested investors, especially those looking to support a first-time entrepreneur like myself.Please reach out if you are interested in advising an aspiring investor or even jointly pursuing a new real estate opportunity.

Hey Fellow Investors,I am a aspiring Real Estate Investor located in Schaumburg, Illinois. 

Hopefully the aspiring $6M 'virtual landlord' Hodges that hopes to not have to meet new tenants reads this.  

Well in this new model you would essentially pay your investors 7% in the form of a debt service, therefore when you decide to do a cash out refinance you pay your lenders their 7% and you own all the equity in the property that you acquired.

South Lake Union has been identified with commercial development despite there being those residential houses suitable as per BRRRR model.

Once you get your systems down, you have a real estate business model that you can take to any market and be still be successful. 

Those who are keeping the loan in-house often impose more restrictions and tighter terms (called "overlays") than those who don't.Do you have a model in place to figure out a purchase price?