(e) Functions of SecretaryThe Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall--(1) make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative communities, urban, suburban, and rural, throughout the United States;(2) publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from such studies, including an annual report to the Congress--(A) specifying the nature and extent of progress made nationally in eliminating discriminatory housing practices and furthering the purposes of this title, obstacles remaining to achieving equal housing opportunity, and recommendations for further legislative or executive action; and(B) containing tabulations of the number of instances (and the reasons therefor) in the preceding year in which--(i) investigations are not completed as required by section 810(a)(1)(B);(ii) determinations are not made within the time specified in section 810(g); and(iii) hearings are not commenced or findings and conclusions are not made as required by section 812(g);(3) cooperate with and render technical assistance to Federal, State, local, and other public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices;(4) cooperate with and render such technical and other assistance to the Community Relations Service as may be appropriate to further its activities in preventing or eliminating discriminatory housing practices;(5) administer the programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this subchapter; and(6) annually report to the Congress, and make available to the public, data on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, and family characteristics of persons and households who are applicants for, participants in, or beneficiaries or potential beneficiaries of, programs administered by the Department to the extent such characteristics are within the coverage of the provisions of law and Executive orders referred to in subsection (f) which apply to such programs (and in order to develop the data to be included and made available to the public under this subsection, the Secretary shall, without regard to any other provision of law, collect such information relating to those characteristics as the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate).

There are pros and cons to both.Any benefits to MF can be countered through various techniques while owning a high quality portfolio of SFR.Name the benefit and I'll tell you how.The important info she needs is how to effectively run financial scenario analysis, include risk considerations, so she can decide which route is right for her uniquely.Though there are things that can be learned from others, individual investors have unique talents, unique goals, and can formulate a unique strategy that works for themselves.  

I just had these questions running my mind while trying to formulate a good partnership agreement for us, and wanted to try at least hearing from others before I finished!

Tony, we're averaging just over $30k per flip, which is our target when formulating offers.

I think at this moment, I wouldn't even begin to formulate intelligent enough questions to ask a mentor which would obviously be a waste of a mentor's as well as my own time. 

I can tell you that government agencies, regulators certainly don't put such formulations on the internet.

We are currently trying to answer the multitude of questions that seem to be exponentially growing and formulate a Business Plan before we dive into acquiring our first property.  

I will formulate a solution-4-profit and move forward.

I am simply formulating a much simpler and cheaper method to finance an non owner occupied property.  

I'm keeping an open mind on the subject until I talk to a RE attorney and discuss my business goals and formulate the proper strategy and structure with them.