My condo community has enough reserves in place where it doesn't directly impact us in terms of a special assessment but my HOA dues have increased 2.9% for the last two years.2.

Guess who got arrested for running a car buying fraud service?  

Worked great, portfolio lender and they still service the loan to this day.Good luck!

Both are 27.5 year, but the in service dates are different.

I would imagine the extra service life would justify the cost increase over carpet.  

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

For holding costs, you'll have to include debt service if you're not sure about the financing side.

I believe you can also use a loan servicing company to handle payments/taxes/insurance and everything is kept track of. 

I live in a Boston suburb and plan to buy a property in this area in a B class area which I expect to run me 500k+.I plan to buy something that needs work and plan to have 10k set aside for renovation and 30k for a down payment as well as some reserves.

I can't help you on the commercial side, but the mortgage broker I use at Key Mortgage Services can do residential loans in your LLC's name while qualifying you based on your personal attributes (credit, employment, DTI...etc).