Commercial scales a little better across cities b/c commercial buildings tend to cover a managerial staff, anyway.

If it’s a long term rental you won’t need the commercial policy so you can likely use your current insurance agency to meet your needs.

I have been reading loads of books (my all time favorite is Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate), listening to podcasts (favorite is obviously Bigger Pockets, also Jake & Gino’s Wheelbarrow Profits), and reading a lot on the forums.I currently run my own personal training/online training business.

Additionally, I am a finance and commercial real estate attorney and I'm hoping to have the chance to develop relationships and clients in the Pittsburgh area. 

Almost all will let you at least access the property assessor and tax records. 

The banks are steering me to do commercial (higher interest).

Also, as a courtesy, I created an account for you at XXXXX.com which allows you full access to the entire MLS. 

There are other ways to fund this type of deal, but if you don't have access to or know of them, I'd slow down, get to some REI meetings in your area and learn more about this process.

They don't lend to corporations.If you keep it in the LLC, you would have to get a commercial loan that stays on the lender's balance sheet.If you want to use a conventional loan, then the property would have to be transferred to your own name.

The smaller commercial lenders I've talked have asked that I have 6 months of mortgage payments per property to act as a "buffer" prior to lending on a second one.