Small local community bank or credit union is your best bet.  

And I am willing to bet there is no law covering "Accountability Deposits". 

Probably your best bet.

The attorney said that in court he will win because the easement agreement has a mistake in it and the judge will take the side of the neighbor since they had a fence there for already a long time.

As far as scalability goes though, which do you think wins, cash flow or appreciation?

I'll bet @Brandon Turner knows! 

If you get conveitonal loan, which for single family goes as low as 5% or even 3% in certain cases at least in NJ, the PMI comes off when you reach 20%.In a non-conforming loan, then all bets are off.

The rental market is flooded with the aforementioned remote tech workers and even more so by prospective home-buyers moving here with basically nothing to buy, so they end up renting while they wait for their turn to win the lottery.

@Adam Frantz Jody got it right from my experience - your best bet is to purchase it yourself and then transfer it into your LLC to start establishing cash flow.

I agree with @Joseph P Finkelstein that finding a co-signer to supplement your income is your best bet, if at all possible.