.: I haven't passed this past legal review so for what its worth: Part of my standard requirements for everyone include income is at least 3X rent, minimum credit score, say 640, Clean record and no evictions as well as deposit is paid in full at signing of lease and 1st month rent is paid in full prior to handing over the keys.

.: In a prior post from about 2 months ago, Kerry Malarkey and Nathan Gesner mentioned a small landlord is exempt from FHA requirements requiring the acceptance of emotional support & assistance animals if one of the following is true:"Owner-occupied buildings Properties with four units or fewer that are owned and lived in by the ownerSingle-family homes Homes that are sold or rented without a broker by the owner, as long as the owner doesn't own more than three at once" (Quote from Nathan's reply))https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1219359-pitbu...Given this, if a landlord does qualify for the exemption, what exactly does this mean? 

Certainly more areas with lower property taxes.

Monthly pre-tax income for household (minimum $5000)7.)

When they do get to responding back, no one seems to know what happened prior.  

I did this prior to my R2R purchase to ensure my numbers were in the same range as R2R's projections.

When that portion was complete, I could then receive draw money which allowed me to pay my utilities, taxes, and mortgages.

.- Just ask any investor doing deals prior to 2008 Real Estate Crash!

.-- Starts picking back up end of February when this tenant pool starts getting their income tax refunds and aren't broke anymore.6) Section 8: where is the property being advertised?

How is it a tax strategy though?