I concur with @Patricia SteinerIt's essential to review your lease to check for any clauses related to pest control.

DM me, and I will send you contacts for attorneys, lenders, and accountants they have previously used.

Are you set up with a lender at this point?

There's a few different ways to focus on a lower rate such as with house hacking and making the investment your primary residence, requesting a significant closing credit from the sellers for standard rate buy-downs (which I've had great success with recently), or utilizing lenders who offer short term rate lowering solutions such as 2-1 rate buy downs (again, ideally paid for by the sellers).

I think the before vs after pictures really speak primarily to your experience and ability to execute a project so it can help lenders gain comfort with future projects and allow you demonstrate what level of detail you except out of your contractors.

Those forms are generally well reviewed by local attorneys in regards to the local jurisdiction regulations.

We're working with a new construction builder who has an in-house lender (Austin, Texas area).

Do you know any FHA Lenders in the area?

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

For FHA, I would ask your lender to confirm that they considered the 100 mile rule in calculating DTI.