I would buy multiple homes.

Hello, I wanted to ask if you were in my situation what would you advise or do?

Personally, not a big fan of sub-to, but it can be a win/win in some specific situations. 

Everyone had 20 minutes alotted to their individual situation and bounce ideas/get advice from the group. 

I'm looking at one right now with the following (real, live situation):3.85% commission, 0% annually (unless you go through an RIA, you shouldn't be paying any fees to participate in a DST along the way; but there are operating expenses that are transparently modeled based on the assets in the Trust), disposition fee of 2% (subordinated to a full return of original investor equity outside of monthly distributions).

Seek advice from financial and legal experts to make an educated choice that takes into account your particular situation.

Not sure about loan LLC situation but if your investment properties are with you LLC then you can use that to count as income.

The city set up a water/sewer account for my friend, but now that this situation came up, they told him they won't be billing him for the sewer charges.If we can't get the situation rectified talking to the city utility department, where do we turn to next?

I have tried different avenues as well, but is it true that most of the times lenders don't do it for fix and flips, but rather in a long term rental loan situations.

I refer him to section 4975 to read more on these implications as I don't know his exact situation/facts and circumstances.