Currently I am working with one bank in each market.

Looking to learn anything and everything about the commercial world to hopefully one day be able to become an investor ourselves.

One question that I'm pondering is, even with the positive growth, how do I determine rental demand in the area?

can run scenario by me to see what can be done if you found no one yet.

When they sign the lease, it is one of the five key points highlighted on the first page that they have to initial.

Lenders desperately need/want business especially in this interest rate environment (right now, the main source of mortgage loan business in Florida is rehab financing as a result of the hurricane damages) and one way the big players differentiate themselves is by streamlining the process.

In fact I had one done that size over the summer from some real slobs who moved out, and it required an inordinate amount of deep cleaning including almost one full day just on the filth of the kitchen floors, and it was $400. 

You are not useful with one multifamily to the best property management companies.

However, the one CPA I briefly talked to said the investment would be treated as passive.

Also, with a VA assumable, if the one assuming the loan is not a veteran, then the seller (veteran) entitlement will still be tied up in that property.