You either need to wait on the end of the lease or offer a buyout of that space.   

If you are new, you can skip years of learning things you don't need to know.One method is to find someone who wants to sell but who either doesn't have the money to fix up the house to put it on the MLS or doesn't have time to wait for a buyer.

Yes - LLCs can get 30-year loans - as others have mentioned, DSCR Loans are probably your best option. 

A small fix and flip loan would give you the ability to access the built in equity much faster, even if it is a 'stabilized bridge' loan that would allow for you to wait the 3-6 months for seasoning.

As others have mentioned you can take a different kind of loan out vs the property and then pay that off with standard refi.

As people mentioned, the homeowner exemption is only if it is your primary residence, but it is a reduction to the taxes that you may not get and there is not an increased rate for you being out of state.

You mentioned something about trying to reinstate the payments on the solar panels.

As mentioned, the process was really smooth and their service is top notch.Yes you are paying a premium for the product, but the benefit is the ease of mind. 

One of my private lenders just mentioned having a couple defaults lately.   

That include dog bite as well.Do I ask her to get a separate pet liability insurance or current renter insurance with 300k liability coverage mentioned above would suffice?