The concern with places like Irvington will be once you move out and no longer owner occupy how do you raise rents legally.   

I help business owners and investors raise capital usually connecting them with partners who can secure $75k-$100k at 0% interest for 12 months.

Check out the table that I sent you, it does a good job demonstrating that commissions on real estate transactions in the US are actually right in line with many other developed countries.Be aware that almost all of the major reporting on the NAR vs.

There isn't "MTR" insurance that I am aware of, so you'll want a hand in crafting it. 

I am aware of Crexi, Bizbuysell, and Loopnet and reach out when I see something for sale on those sites.

Work on raising revenue so that you can pay yourself more.

Yesterday, the landlord stated that it was their impression that we had agreed to painting not only the two rooms but extra rooms as well and now they are saying they are going to void the clause and raise the rent back to $3200, or we have to paint extra rooms not agreed upon.

As far as I'm aware most credit unions will only lend on properties in their area of operation so not sure it makes sense to join one in a different state.

$1600/month rent with Piti being $1050 Will bleed cash in a war zone area.  

We started raising the rents on the 3 and 4 BR units until the rate of leasing slowed to a normal pace.Fast forward two years and we found ourselves with higher vacancy on those same units.