You've allowed him to push you around for ten months.

What's the lowest credit score you will allow?

The slowdown allows more time for due diligence, property acquisition, and long-term planning.

This does not read as though its a smart investment on the surface, and secondly, there isnt a lender I know of that will lend on renovations that exceed the purchase price, especially a renovation that is 2.3 times the purchase price.

This will allow you separate business income and expenses from personal income and expenses.Since you plan to house hack your bookkeeping and tax return preparation will be more complicated because a percentage of your home expenses will be personal deductions and some will be business deductions.

I would have loved to have tried to meet up with him in person (if his schedule would have allowed).

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

There is a "sponsor exemption" but that only allows an unlicensed person to raise money but it cannot be more than 50% of their duties and the pay they receive cannot be based on how much they raised.If you have never raised $, a family office will be off the table as they typically want the company to ahve atleast $50-$100M in assets. 

Fannie/Freddie won't allow you to close conventional financing under an LLC. 3.

It allows tenants to use their phone rather than quarters.