From is the date range that you change from 30-60-90 days prior to today.The free probate lead heading your looking for is Notice of Hearing Reading Petition For Formal Probate Of Will And Appointment Of Personal Representative.

Having a formal entity allows you to have a written agreement laying out all the decisions both of you will make and the roles you will play with regard to the properties.

At the very top of that border is Sunnyside where I have a 202 unit. 

I live in Southern Pennsylvania near the Maryland border and only a short drive from DC. 

I'm finishing up a tile job, what would you do for a border/trim?

meet with a lender and go thru the formal pre approval steps to know for sure ..if the 15 yr fixed payments dont work for approval - fall back on using 30 yr payments ( and then just pay extra to payoff the loan quicker)  

Are there any formalities here?

There are circumstances wherein you can have two FHA loans at once, and this actually looks like it checks at least a few of the boxes, but I'd run it through formal underwriting just to be sure, since the exceptions are so relatively uncommon (but not unheard of).

That county stretches from just outside Boston to the New Hamphire border.

Without having a history in rental properties formally on my credit/taxes, I'm not 100% confident that my lender will approve more than 1 property to begin with.