The bank is going to pull your credit every time you apply for a loan unless you have established a relationship with someone at the bank and do business with them on a regular basis. on another note though having you credit pulled multible time within a 2 week period for "like" (IE. for a house or a car but all for the same thing) items will not hurt you credit other than the initial hit.

Once you have established your base, you can expand by taking that 50 (or 100) and start buying  SFR....either number.

Personally, I do not see the point, if you buy the property in your name, and then note is in your name, when you transfer to a LLC in your name you have already established enough of a ownership trail that any attorney suing the LLC will be able to show the connection therefor negating any "liability protection" you thought that you had.  

We want to meet with them just to establish a relationship prior to buying our first building. 

Like buying a dunkin donuts after its already been established with all the employees and vendors.

When I asked my PM, he said we couldn't establish a deposit until the lease expired.

Eventually, after establishing a track record, start to take a piece of the deal(s) that come through.

I believe that I can take everything I have been building towards and the support of BP and achieve my dreams of establishing a healthy passive income in real estate by the age of 25, so I never have to work again - I can chose to work and enjoy my life and its offerings.  

This heritage-building approach is dedicated to establishing robust, enduring value and maturation of the same.

How do you establish home value based on area rents instead of using a CMA?