Is it possible that the lender (bank), however, would insist upon an accurate appraisal and inspection of the home and diminish their loan amount, accordingly?

Using one doesn't diminish the underlying GW deed.

The tax advantage of living the in the property for 2 years diminishes with a house hack.

We're about halfway through the project, and there's a $30k He has for work that's not yet completed (the 30k was given because he completed work prior but once he received the 30k communication diminished drastically right as winter came around!

Also be careful with the rehab budget and be aware there are lines of diminishing returns meaning it is possible to over improve a property and thus lower your return.

There's concerted effort by gov to paint the good picture in wall street that everything is fine LOL while brutal layoffs in all sector, ISM recession and company diminishing profit/growth in the main street.this is what's different than 2008 comparably speaking. 

I can also invest in notes and diversify within real estate, but again will that diminish my ability to grow as fast as possible?

As rents increase however, you'll hit a point where your cash flow tends to diminish.

This will diminish my saving greatly, but will leave me with around 6k.

The truth is David, and you have called me up on this before here in the forums, previously I had worked for one of Funding for Flipping's competitors, and was tasked with diminishing their public opinion.