I was able to turn my place into two units so no shared spaced helped a lot. 

I took two business law courses in college. 

You're better off opting for an interest-only mortgage, saving on payments, and then refinancing it into something more conventional when interest rates drop—or, if possible, making a plan to pay down the principal.Interest-only loans, which typically last for the first 5 to 10 years of the loan term, offer two key benefits.

@Andrew Slezak I'm working through the Sec8 process for the first time so take this with a grain of salt, but my understanding is they will pay the lesser of the following two prices:1) the market rent of your property, determined by comps, and2) the FMR minus any utilities you don't include.

Best practice is to keep one or two payments in reserve from the buyers down payment for such instances.

Quote from @Emily Gowen: I own two houses in Portland, OR, one of which I have lived in the last 8 years- but we Just moved far away. 

I've been buying Subject To for about 30 years now and I've had two DOS called.

The article is off because it is comparing two different types of buyers.  

If you want to know if it is a fair price for your area and this time of the year, simply get two or three more bids.

As for the third target market, Sacramento is close to you, it's a state capitol, relatively inexpensive, two major universities, great local culture...