Building a relationship and track record with a bank like this is huge.

Even with the high prices, with your house hack capability there are some properties that work.

My guess is there are many variables from bank to bank and I'm in the process of tracking down different banks to ask these questions but wanted to get feedback from all of the very good looking people here at BP while I'm at it. 

You’re right on track here!

My advice is to read the business journals and keep track of future developments plans.

When the lead dust transfers on your clothes, you’ll be tracking it around everywhere which will only sicken everybody else.

An inherited single sec 8 tenant with a 5 yr track record? 

You are on the right track....now you just need to increase the speed of the train :)Best of luck in all your endeavors.   

An already long story short - after listening to the podcasts and reading lots of the books we fast tracked our real estate investing and we bought 5 more properties over the last 2 years.

You may need to call a broker for that since we do have services like CoStar we use to track sales.