Unless you are financing somehow different than I do, none of these really align with what I know about lending, so that makes me wonder if there's something with the lender versus you.

I'm not a fan of renting at all, personally, but I would say what is your mortgage payment versus what is rent?

You have to document what business is being conducted to get properly claim the business days versus the personal days.

That would tell me they really want to stay versus they don’t care. 

This form acts as a true-up between what you initially estimated your taxable income to be versus what it actually shakes out to be (i.e. it determines what premium tax credit you should receive vs what advance premium tax credit you actually received and your income tax return liability will be modified based on the disparity between these two amounts).Highly recommend you consult your tax advisor on this...It won't be possible for us to give you a ballpark on what you'll pay as there are varying levels of coverage -- of which you'll choose based on your financial profile, health, and risk tolerance, and, as previously stated, your projected taxable income may modify the monthly payments.

Theoretically, you could then buy the place, renovate it as you have been calculating and get it appraised afterward for a cash-out refi.In reality, you might find that the ratio you can get out of the costs to buy, reno, etc. versus what you can rent for when everything is done will not leave you any positive cash flow, even if you were able to get your original investment out of the deal.

I Always evaluate any prospective deal on a comparative of upside versus downside. 

You can check this article to get a better understanding of the Series LLC versus a Traditional LLC.

., studio to 2 br) versus larger units (3 br and larger)?

This is as of march 20th, 2019 of course.Additionally here are some important advantages with VA financing you have over other loan products:- there is no title seasoning on VA so as long as you can document the value increase that has occurred either through your value adds or through the market increasing purely from buying a good deal you can refinance right away even for a cash out refinance unless conventional which requires 6 months and FHA which requires 12 months to use market value- VA can finance up to 100% of your property's value which allows you to avoid lower appraisals as with conventional or FHA you have to get minimum 2.25-5% equity in order to refinance- VA funding fee which is often pretty pricey (bordering hard money in terms of points charged 2.15 - 3.30 pts financed) can sometimes be waived if you have service connected disabilities or receive disability compensation for service connected injuries so check into this- make sure you save all your contractor invoices and receipts so you can document the improvements especially if there is a very large gap between what price you paid versus what value you're pushing for on your appraisalHope that helps and good luck on your BRRR.