If you are busy with a different job, totally understand I would just establish the LLC and move on.

Unless the current owner pulls out statements showing their balance to you and/or unless the trustee has published the bid amount (Which is usually the total debt owed or a formula of the total debt owed), you won't know what's owed.

Let's say, it costs you 1.5K to get your structures in place (holding LLC or Series-LLC, with or without land trusts, with or without separate operations LLC) and 0.5K per year (for maintaining the LLC properly, bookkeeping, lawyer and CPA, etc.) for a total of 2K.

As I'm fairly new to this, please let me know if you see something I've totally missed.

Go one street over to Park, totally different story. 2900 Park is one of the nicest blocks in the area.

On July 3rd (2018) I sent a settlement request to the builder's lawyer for the amount of the estimate (plus an additional 15% for unexpected expenses) and the amount of legal fees I paid for the lawyer (total is just under $17,000).

Where did you totally fail and fall flat on your face? 

I may be bias here -- okay, I'm totally bias -- but I'd reach out to some agents from here in BP working in those areas.

I am planning to buy a 2-3 unit property for around 100k that is rentable as-is with rents totaling between 1-1.5k/Month.

He felt that if I was engaging other lenders and not committed to working with him, that I may not be a good fit and he was going to invest his time with people who he knows will work with him.I totally get his point of view, but what is normal and recommended for investors (I am looking to house hack the property I purchase)?