My focus has moreso been on buying the right product that I can manage and mantain cost effectively.

4) With the new SALT Tax in place, how much tax credit can I claim?

If you are using any conventional product it will be a 6 moth seasoning.  

I have been against credit cards my whole life, but BP taught sometimes its ok to do high interest financing.

His primary business is production for grocery stores.

depending on the credit score and value of the properties we can get that done for sure

Specify things you might not think of, such as who is responsible for advertising vacancies, who will run credit checks etc.

They do background checks and run their credit report.

(Loan program, term, credit score, etc) just for hypotheticals, say your looking at a 30 year conventional on your primary residence with 720 credit, rate could be ~4.75-5.125%  FHA is typically a little lower. 

@Kervin SimonSmall local banks and credit unions are always best for this