Rent control measures, burdensome employment regulations, and excessive administrative requirements exemplify this.

Have a picture of your family actually installing a big fancy door.And of course, I assume that you are licensed/bonded/imsured as required by your local laws?

Create a simple spreadsheet or written list to compare the features of each and identify the ones that align with your requirements.

Just make sure you do you research on Manufactured guide lines and requirements. 

The fix/flip might be a good way to get such a relationship started: usually has lower cash out of pocket requirements and you can sell the property faster to recoup the capital invested, plus any profits.

These programs offer options for less money down and in some cases DPA - Down payment assistance.As a banker for over 18+ years I am very skeptical when I hear a new name in the business only because its become tougher to lend with all of the new laws and credit/insurance requirements and regulations.  

Maybe I’m wrong but I had to do that on our STR (Ring) and Wyze also requires close proximity on initial setup.

I'll add a few more things that can have a huge financial impact: required reserves, LTC (loan to cost), application or other upfront fees, and prepayment penalties.As a fellow flipper, I think it's important to have reserves, but they shouldn't be required as part of your funding.

However this would obviously require substantial work and we probably wouldn't have the funds for years.Since I think we'd be losing money to rent it out (if we were to move) at our current rate with a conventional loan, I'm imagining maybe some kind of seller finance situation... which gets back to my question, what kind of deal could we present to our landlord that they might find appealing and gets us the chance to at least break even on rent?

Figure out market rents, deduct expenses to determine NOI, deduct cashflow you want, plug remainder into mortgage calc at current interest rate, then add lender's required down payment.That is how much you offer!