First you must determine if you want to purchase the service station operating business and lease the real estate, purchase the real estate and be a landlord to the station operator, or purchase both the operating business and the real estate.Many of the best locations are either owned by oil companies and leased to operators, or have restrictive contracts with severe penalties for changing gas suppliers.  

Fannie and Freddy loan to individuals and not LLC's.2) Varying by bank, 3 months to a year on non commercial- as soon as same month as rent on commercial. 3) Yes, but you need to talk to the commercial department.4) That's what I do.

He also provides real estate consulting services to multifamily investors, owners, and operators.

On the Multiple Listing Service, agents who are listing multi families rarely have all the numbers that are needed to see if its a good deal or not.

So far I read that following can be negotiated:Lender origination chargeTitle services and lender's title insuranceOwner's title insuranceSurveyHomeowner's insuranceIs the list correct?

Books I see on Amazon seem to focus more on operations, accounting and customer service.

I'd recommend enforcing your lease agreement and if it did not allow pets, send notice of non-compliance in accordance with the rules in your jurisdiction and, if not cured, ask them to leave (including eviction filing).  

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With SF illegally evicting non-problem tenants and non-documented property issues  (police reports, Lease violations or written notice to residents to Cure or Quit etc..). 

The following IRS websites cover the UBIT rules. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/unrelated-business-income-tax To avoid UBIT it will be better if the self-directed IRA loans funds to the LLC as UBIT does not apply to notes.