Or will they not even offer a bond since there was prior damage?

Get preapprovedGetting preapproved is something you want prior to viewing properties.

We will require last month rent at the time the lease is signed and first month rent prior to move-in. 

During this time I would be saving that $1,200 I was paying in rent for the prior two years since I am used to that money leaving my wallet and save it towards my next downpayment on a rental property.

During this time I would be saving that $1,200 I was paying in rent for the prior two years since I am used to that money leaving my wallet and save it towards my next downpayment on a rental property.

Kris Wong's answer is the best answer.In addition to putting 1 property into an LLC, you need to open a bank account (and prior to that, you need to get an EIN for that LLC) so that it's clear that you are separating your personal and company accounts.

The owner may be required to provide a structural engineers evaluation prior to warranty work.10.

[Biggerpockets] is notorious for the no and no money down niche, but you really need to have a good financial runway prior to investing otherwise you will lose your bottom when it goes sideways.Read all the usual books.

Is there any record at the town proving that it was a multi family prior to 1967?

Just to note my fiancée had an appraisal done a couple months prior in order to get a hard money loan and the house was still under construction and still appraised for 5k higher then the va appraisal!