Tons of seasoned members here to also help offer good advice as well as keep new investors from making mistakes.  

I know there is a huge shortage of housing and that has driven up price in the past couple years (along with other factors such as the pandemic, population growth, etc) so, I see listings for 2br-1bth for up to 2200 on places like Zillow, Redfin, etc.  

It may be more helpful to put some of your specific questions right in a post or separate posts.

You need to walk or look at photos of their other properties.

My attorney says he prefers it when there is a business reason for the state of the LLC, and he said either your home state or where the property is located is suitable.A much bigger topic is whether or not having an LLC is a good strategy given your personal situation. 

How might a city board view a project such as this and what might be some of the bigger questions they would ask of us?

We live on the opposite side of Canada for work right now relative to where this house/city is.

What are some companies that others are using to insure multi-families of this size?

Thank you.If they’re in the same state, it should be doable in a portfolio loan.

We use Propstream but I am looking for some added info that Propstream does not easily provide  @Sean OToole is the owner and he has built an incredible platform..