@Nancy Dominick good luck in following in this 'family tradition' :)Make your grandfather proud!

At some point you will have a vacancy, and I want to know how hard it will be to fillWhat is the current lease per sq ft rate, and how does that compare to the market? 

Your best bet may be to find a local credit union as they tend to have more flexible terms and higher LTV's than traditional big box banks.

I have a three options to finance this deal from my perspectiveOption 1 - Take the principal/profit from the flips that is coming back to me and use that as a down payment (which will cover enough to avoid the PMI) for a traditional fixed rate loan. 

I realize it would be cheaper to just get a traditional 30yr loan personally, but i like the idea of protection that the LLC offers.  

But as yet, I have not found any traditional or non traditional lenders that will do so.

I also go to one in Santa Monica, bit of a drive but there are a decent amount of experience people there compared to most of the other ones I go to.

Not sure traditional financing can move fast enough to close by mid may

We are extremely conservative so we are targeting bread and butter three bed two bath 1,400- 2,000 sq ft houses or multi family that can be flipped to a house hacker or first time home owner.How We are using several methods to unearth deals.Scouring the MLS - searching based on criteria and then sale price compared toWebsites and digital advertising (Facebook and AdWords)Direct mail - Acquired lists from List Source (not happy with them) and have been sending postcards to older owners that own SF that meet our criteria.

If they attack, they have the physically capability to inflict 10x the damage compared to an  "average" dog of the same size.