Since it is just one WY LLC, it won't cost too much more.

Any fees they're charging you need to stop until there's a new tenant and if you have an account with the management company, ask for a credit.After remediation is underway and insurance claims have started, you can see about an attorney and do a cost/benefit on whether it's worth it to go after the contractor.

What if your loan has higher costs than you were thinking? 

That's what I would do in this situation given the nice low interest rate.  

I am re-reading 'The book on Rental Property Investing' by Brandon Turner then going to re-read 'The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money down' by Brandon Turner and 'Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat' by David Greene. 

Hi Guys, as subject mentions i'm interested in trying to find a private lender that can offer low rates for higher LTV on primary residence property.  

My husband and I are looking to buy our first ever real estate investment out of state (we live and rent in NYC. we do not want to buy here due to high cost of properties and high tax rates).

It's a question of cost vs. benefit.If you have any suggestions, you can send them to @Rene Hosman as the forum manager. 

Relaxing occupancy limits seems like low hanging fruit in that effort. 

I have two 1/1s in a high cost mountain resort area, and they have rented out just fine to the right guest profile.