When running numbers to buy a place, I plug in$5,000.00 per unit to separate.

I just wanted to get some insight on how common it is to request mold tests prior to purchasing a property and testing for mold with long term buy and holds in this climate.Thank you in advance! 

Are you looking to get an investment property at 20% down or a primary residence you can house hack (rent the rooms in the house you are living in), or a primary residence (better for people who are married/have kids/don't want roommates) where you live in it for 12 months then rent it when you buy your next property to repeat the process.

Unless you own the house cash, in addition to the advice you've received, you can't just transfer a house from personal to an LLC without risking the option of the loan being called since the LLC does not have two years of tax returns.For new investors without cash to buy, LLCs are about the biggest cause of analysis paralysis out there.

BUT, if I could potentially get the seller to buy down my interest rate in closing, that could increase my ROI to just over 11% and increase monthly cashflow by ~$45.Thoughts?

However, since we don't have any experience in rentals, we don't know if we should buy a single home and get it rented out or buy a multiplex.

Do not buy real estate if you have bad debts.

So if I were in your shoes I would want to be really confident in the exit strategy. 1) confirm rent estimates 2) confirm ARV and the demand in that area to buy a house like that in the price range 3) are there banks willing to refinance at the LTV you want with the seasoning period you have. 40k for a house of that size that needs that work would be the cost of materials alone where we live in WI, so verify your estimates.

I've done my analysis and found a deal that I really like, that has seller financing that balloons in approx 2 years.....cash flow is pretty attractive, but the down payment is around $300k, and I was looking to put d...

If the intent is to flip it, there are two ways people buy houses 1. with borrowed money 2. with their own cash.