There's definitely a lot of merit to transition over especially when you're at the size/scale you currently appear to be.

It does appear everything they have done in the past four years is catching up, people are reporting them but at the same time, they start new investments with new people and keep selling the program.

There are quite a number of things that can make utilizing an FHA loan more difficult such as more barriers during appraisal, appearance of low qualification/little cash, typically longer closing period, likely higher interest rate, and PMI cannot be dropped without a refinance if 3.5% down.That said, just chain 5% down conventional loans, and make sure your duplexes pay for themselves.  

IF you plan on going back someday, and this is the home you want to move back to, then renting it would be a good idea as long as you estimate that it will cover itself, or preferably, cash flow, which it appears that yours will at @ $2K or so per month (after expenses). 

It has come up quite a bit, still is a bit dangerous but appears to have plenty of room for improvement and appreciation.

Now they want to put the properties into RE Gain Fund, LLC UpREIT (which appears to have been established in 2023). 

The Registered Agent will record the documents on your behalf so only their name and information appear on the documents.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.

You may find that once you serve this written notice of default, that the payment may suddenly appear.

If you offer more $ for the property than the all cash offers AND you appear to the seller to be highly qualified in the method you are using for sourcing the payment, at some point your offer will be more appealing than the all cash offers.I don't understand why you would consider a 1031 for another property in two years.