Boston and the immediate surrounds are still the employment capital of the region and people are enduring longer and longer commutes for the opportunity to work in the colleges, hospitals, pharma companies and financial district of Boston / Cambridge.I wonder if there's a practical limit. 

Granted, this was over a decade ago, but nationals, regionals, and mom and pops were all reporting sales.  

Any feedback would be great ThanksYes local and regional commercial banks will lend on these projects all day if you are qualified, strong enough financially and the project works. 

Currently seeking MFH opportunities in the San Diego region for owner occupation with room for growth in the form of rehab and ADU. 

This is true for the region.

Anyone have any recommendations/contacts for home insurance carriers that specialize in the white mountains or northern Arizona region???

I am sure the formula varies by region.  

I know it will vary from region to region State the state and practice to practice, but what are the ballpark fees for doing such a transfer?

Drive around a bit as well - there's still a lot of regional players in billboards if one is operating in your market chances are you'll do better with them. 

-"commercial" local/regional tiny house builders will offer some financing option or another, find someone local in your price bracket and work with their financing-park models can be financed through dealers/(etc), and small ~400 or 600 sq ft singlewides, although getting spendy, perhaps, could look attractive once you factor in the negative of anything smaller being tough or impossible to conventionally loan down the line.