Hopefully you respect their time and are loyal to them once the time comes to sell the properties. 

PS - There's a big difference between "sugar-coating" something and just being a kind human who treats others with respect.

Robert  I'll need to respectfully disagree with this.

& confusing:Sellers reply: I respectfully suggest that the premise of not being protected is incorrect.

I wouldn't discount so much that you end up getting people who won't respect your property. 

-Landlords who are found to be in violation of the ordinance with respect to source of income can be fined up to $1,000 per incident.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care because I won't advance any money to a company who doesn't always respect their legal obligations towards clients.

Yes you can use either FHA or Conventional for 3.5% or 5% down respectively. 

one of the risks of working with private money/non QM loans- they decide the terms in almost every respect.

Your mirror idea maybe the way to go, sorry I couldn't be more helpful.Alan, no "direct" dis-respect intended, as you may be a great guy, but ... in this discussion and topic ... you have no idea of what you are talking about!