There is a saying in business, "If you're sitting at the poker table for more than 15 minutes and you don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy."

Fees can range vastly depending on the type of loan, DSCR, Fico, LTV, and Loan Amount size. 

I'd estiamte a pricetag of $20k including panel upograde (although you didn't mention size of house).Problems below vvvv*Unsafe modifications are far more common with K&T wiring than they are with Romex and other modern wiring systems. 

What type of neighborhoods and sizes of properties are you considering?

Taxes are calculated at sale prices and I believe much of these areas have had little to no re evaluation in years (I've experienced this myself on properties with rehabs that I've added double the size).  2) County vs "in town". 

There is a "sponsor exemption" but that only allows an unlicensed person to raise money but it cannot be more than 50% of their duties and the pay they receive cannot be based on how much they raised.If you have never raised $, a family office will be off the table as they typically want the company to ahve atleast $50-$100M in assets. 

Other most common factor: Family Size increases due to marriage or having a child. 

A mylar balloon, the cording, bus sized filters or heck, let's make em building size, it's cheap, crazy cheap. 

The best banks that I have found based on your main concerns are smaller, regional, community sized banks.

-when you say "multi family," what size?