You'll have to shop around a lot for a bank that will finance residential property in an LLC.

Once you learn the ropes a little better, you’ll know what to look for when shopping a syndicate.

However, there is a huge development now under way in close proximity to the College that will have 750 apartments, shops, a gym, etc.

Let me know if you want to talk shop about the local market.

I am intrigued by Fannie Mae loans but not getting as much info as I'd like on them despite shopping through multiple lenders, both local and larger.

I did a small commercial loan with them for a 6-unit and am curious what programs I might have missed when shopping!

For starters, you'd want to consider the location and general age and price of properties in the neighborhood, ratings of nearby schools, amount of crime, vacancy (homeownership and rental), plus grocery stores and shopping centers nearby.A lot of this info can be found online (e.g. school ratings, crime maps, property age, grocery stores and shopping centers), while some of it can be determined by driving the neighborhood and talking to folks that live in the neighborhood.Asking police about a neighborhood might give you some objective info on crime, talking to property managers might give you info on vacancy and rent prices, and talking to a real estate agent might give you info on property age and price. 

Yes there are some out there, but you know what, most realtors who have them, have already shopped that property at that price to their volume buyers. 

There is one here that is next to a pizza shop.  

Just shop around.