The solution was to suggest they renew for 9 months.

My wife and I would go running for exercise and we had a chance to look at several of the neighborhoods.  

Fairfax county helpdesk seems to suggest that I can only do it via a RE lawyer.

Any suggestions?  

Additionally, don’t overlook the opportunity cost of pulling money from your 401k—those funds could have been compounding in the market.I’d also suggest stress testing your ROI by running scenarios with higher expenses or lower rents to see how resilient the investment is.

My lender suggested moving a multi-family from my personal name to an LLC immediately post-closing via quit claim deed.

I would suggest learning how to analyze property.

Some quick googling suggests the answer is yes provided I don't rent it out more than 180 days for the first year, do I understand correctly?

I ain’t no lawyer (except on the Internet), so will possibly have to resort to checking with the lender (BoA) to confirm as I didn’t see anything in the contract that suggested that it closes if I’m no longer resident.James

It is really targeted at gross overuse. for sure. i just ensure it's in the contract to that I can exercise the RIGHT to charge it if I want to.