The "intent" of the law is to protect the innocent from criminals yet we've made the legal system so complicated that criminals are protected more than the innocent.If someone is caught smashing a car with a baseball bat, police can quickly determine they are not the owner and arrest them for the crime.

I'm not implying she's intentionally deceiving you, sometimes Mortgage Bank workers say it so often, it just becomes part of their vernacular! 

I'm currently exploring the possibility of buying my first home in the Pine Hills area of Orlando, with the intention of house hacking.

Once you have some direction, I think you'll find this community to be very eager to help you on your journey -- but only you can set your goals and intentions.

Or like I have seen there are a lot of bad actors out there and you will have groups that do this with no intention of every paying on the sellers mortgage and will rip the rents until the houses are lost to foreclosure  when that starts to get acute and brought to main stream something could happen regulatory wise.

He got burned in that particular market as he said tenants were intentionally breaking things & abusing the system so as to get out of paying any rent.

While you are assuming this is a shotgun approach, my post was intentional and was to only connect, without promise of referrals, because my plan is to vet anyone that decided to reply. 

We are purchasing a house with the intention of living in the house for a year and turning the property into a rental.

I usually just send a screenshot of a bank accounts, but I have seen others get their bank to write an official dated letter saying they have at least X available to withdraw immediately.I would not consider the letter you attached as a proof of funds, nor a contract offer, its more like a letter of intent? 

But rest assured, any built-ins, any woodwork, doors and windows, anything "nice" in the house that you put it once upon a time for yourself to enjoy is going to get damaged.I am closely related to a guy who moved out of his house five years ago to a new house, with the intention to fix up the old property a bit and rent it, and yet his old house has sat empty for five years and he's paid holding costs for out of pocket.