Count on the city to come up with new fees to tack onto you here and there.Good luck. 

It also has broad socioeconomic interest and it crosses over pretty much all of the topics you mentioned.

I believe our paths have crossed before in the triathlon world (a world I haven't been in for over a year, but plan to get back into, eventually). 

Hopefully we will cross paths at some point!!

Here is what I was taught a good comp should be:- 6 months of sales-  +/-200 sqft of subject property (1,000 - 1,400 in this case)- 0.5 miles from the subject property- same ba/br or close to it and adjust- do not cross major boundaries such as a different city, freeway, major road, etc. because local markets vary significantlyI'm not happy with this person using 12 months of sales data, but okay I get it.  

Keep your receipts and use the same bank account so you can show proof that you've paid them so they can count as a cash injected into your new project, or down payment for for your lender.  

Fingers crossed!

On top of that, 203k is an FHA loan, and FHA is incredibly skeptical about counting departing residence rental income, and will only do it in a few rare circumstances (typically involving a job relocation or similar), which could screw up your lender-calculated DTI. 

It used to be that anything 24.99% or higher in ownership whether the LLC was titled or obligated or both still counted as a financed property.Currently it has changed so that if a property is titled in a LLC and the note is obliagated in the LLC's name that that property and loan will no longer count towards the "financed property," count.So in theory if you convert your properties into a LLC and have the LLC be obligated on the note then these properties will not count towards your financed properties count.

Several have asked, but saying no has never been a problem.However, you've already crossed that bridge - - be a person that keeps their word.