I would like to start connecting with lenders, attorneys, realtors, title companies, and all other professional in the SATX commercial real estate market.  

Thankfully the lender talked me in to a 24 month term as it took us the entire 2 years!

If you got your credit decent you can start soft shopping for conventional/fha home loans if you didnt do so well improving  your credit this is where you start looking for private  lenders, partners and investors.

3.5% down is offered through a FHA lender.

I am on the same boat, slab has not even started and need to find a new lender :S Are you in the area or how do you get pictures?

You only need 1 preapproval, then can shop lenders when you go under contract.2a) Yes, just make sure your agent is licensed in all the jurisdictions.

@Timothy Frazier  This will be tough as the HML will want a 1st position loan, but so will the other lender providing the rest of the funds. 

Use a bridge lender that is okay with gift funds or Gap funding, then refinance at 3-6 months once it is fully ‘seasoned’ 

From a practical viewpoint, I wouldn’t think the lender would accelerate the note, if the LLC were a single member LLC, you were that member, and it was treated as a “disregarded” entity for tax purposes.  

Quote from @Rich O'Brien: Talk to a lender immediately!