And Fixed 2nd Mortgages are fine, but lack the flexibility of a Hybrid HELOC and you have to take 100% of the cash now and pay the interest on it. 

As long as the amount approved is more than or equal to the price you're buying then you're fine.

Demographically, very slow (sub 1%) population loss is fine, these things tend to rebound eventually.

I get it everybody has to make a buck , but I didnt hire the buyers agent , what ever they want to charge THEIR customer is fine with me , but I wasnt paying it .  2.5% sounds like a low number until you put it into real numbers on a $800k sale and you see it as  $20,000 . 

I really hope I can find some fine folks on here that can help me with funding.

If it does, the City may be willing to hit them with a fine and maybe they will clean it up a little.

You do not own the home so you cannot use its equity instead you are borrowing money based off of the current owners sale price.Using the same banks/lenders Heloc in some cases can be fine since its attached to another home.

.- I would most likely not owner-occupy it so in terms of safety, as long as it does not deter most tenants from renting is fine with me.Thanks in advance!!

There are some horrendous mentor programs out there (fake gurus), but the content is probably fine to below average.

That property is doing just fine.