For those that may know: are commercial lenders forced to package all loan applications and submit them to FHA for approval?

You can do a package of screenings or just one.

And he also has a duplex behind that and two empty lots that he wants to let go as a package deal.

We use Reis and CoStar for the market data that goes into our packages, but its expensive not economical if you're just looking to keep up on the market.

I think Buildium and Google.Sites are overkill for what you need unless you wanted the extra features each package offers.If you only need to file maint requests and organize important files per property then maybe a simple Google drive will do plus maybe custom rule in google mail to automatically organize your important property related emails.

Skip market limitations - create a housing package that solves a niche client's problem. 

He did see it my way and for 2k he released the property to be sold.Now that I have a clear passage to ownership, I took the completed package to my title company, borrowed 53k from my private lender and closed the property for 28k.The repairs were actually relatively nominal.

Looking to finance a 15 home package.

Deals are like buses there is one every 10 minutes, don't fall in love with just one.If this is the deal of a century and you can tie it up, I would package it nicely and present to investors who will take the financial risk with you putting in no money.  

Some banks don't really care about the plans they care about the financials, but chances are part of their team is going to ask for it so best to include everything in one package.6.