Self employment is WAYYY more fulfilling.

This requirement wouldn't be fulfilled if I signed and stamped in my car while they were inside.3.

Initially, we won't be making any cash flow for the first year which we're okay with but after that we plan to rent it out to start the cash flow process (we're doing our due diligence by doing the calculations and using rentometer to make sure our rental income would offset our mortgage).With our lifelong goal of FI, what would you recommend we do?

The government is not able (nor willing) to fulfill this role themselves, which is why they incentivize this career through tax advantages. 

She is now set to split the workload with a friend and they will movein together (and live for free) while I fulfill my 1-year occupancy requirement at my parents house (where I will also live for free).Thank you all for your insight and support.

I currently owe 56k( mortgage will be fulfilled in Sept 2028) on the property with my mortgage with insurance and property tax is 917 a month and the HOA fees are 300 a month.

Be sure of what you need and there will be someone out there that can fulfill it.

Until this lease is fulfilled, this will not change. 

Make sure you follow the eviction process to the end so it will show up on further reports and you can still stick them with a bad report since they stuck you with not fulfilling their part of the lease agreement.

Some friends and family can't relate because they work the 9 to 5 and have given up on their life goals.I want every second of my life to be fulfilling doing things I want to accomplish in my life.