I deal with the President at one bank and the Vice-President at another.

The cap rate on seller's asking price is very low and even leveraged IRR is not ideal, assuming you will pursue the deal as buy & hold.

Not ideal, but its how services can keep prices down and adapt in a high competition market.

I have a contract on my home in Maryland and want to take this opportunity to purchase a duplex in the Vancouver / Portland  area (ideally by midsummer at the latest).

It would be ideal to get 4 units for 500k or less (of course, I would be looking to maximize rent relative to purchase price) but I am really just looking to learn about what's out there.I don't know the surrounding area very well and am wondering where you all would suggest looking.

Yes, you *can* buy within a corporation, but from a tax standpoint, this is not the ideal situation.In a regular C-Corporation, all income is taxed at a corporate rate that is generally much higher than an individual rate.  

If there are any cards with less than ideal terms and conditions and that have a lower  availability then what is reasonably useful for your purposes, you may consider closing the accounts of those which are the youngest to at least boost your average age of credit by a little bit.

Ideally if I could get them all with one company on one policy it would be best, but the different States will probably prohibit that.

I deal with Sol Eisenberg and Gitty Loker.

I collect the fees in person when they give me their app, or online via Intuit's Payment Network.I get many people who whine about the $30 application fee, but my feeling is that if they probably aren't ideal tenants for me anyways.