. #3 - Have finances in order (i.e) is this going to be bought through conventional, cash, HML, etc.

For a conventional loan, you can borrow UP to what you paid for the property plus closing costs OR 75% of the appraised value which ever is less.  

Conventional loan, 20% down non-owner occupied.

Conventional Financing How did you add value to the deal?

Conventional loan, 25% down at ~7% interest rate How did you add value to the deal?

I'd rather keep the sub-3% rate for now and finance other properties conventionally for the short term.

To use conventional financing, you'll need to have owned the property for at least 12 months and you'd need to close in your name.

If you are taking out a conventional mortgage of any kind, you can't buy in the LLC as it does not have two years of tax returns.You are also asking if an entire state is good to buy multifamily, which means you are too soon in the process to even talk about buying.

And how do I roll this into a cheaper mortgage (my dti would be too bad for another conventional).Maybe a lender would be able to consider the electric "working" with the proper inspection?

9) adding multiple ADUs or adding an ADU to a quad looses F/F conventional financing.