This will be appealing to investors, add to your credibility, and alleviate a common frustration among many investors.  

@Rocky V. one of the great advantages to house hack is that you are not bound by the fair housing laws.. as an owner occupant in a 1 to 4 unit .. you have the right to choose exactly who you want for any reason you want.. so a PM will not have the same latitude.. this is what I see as one of the major benefits to house hack you can really hone in on that perfect tenant and hopefully alleviate any eviction issues up front.

This helps alleviate not inheriting a headache . .

This will alleviate your responsibility of filing a non-resident.New Jersey partnerships also require to withhold taxes on non-resident partners.

I am going to explore your suggested links before I ask any more questions in order to alleviate any redundancy.

I assumed the VA loan to alleviate the financial burden of paying for two properties.

Plans to alleviate utilities from landlord's list of bills as soon/smoothly as allowed, but should be factored in for now.

I also believe that communication could have alleviated any and all of these issues. 

Having a creative lender on your team can help alleviate this by pre qualifying the buyers and structuring the financing to ensure that both buyer and seller can come to an agreement even prior to the potential appraisal issue.For instance if you were listing your property for 300k and the buyer was originally coming in at 20% down payment($60,000) because they wanted to get rid of mortgage insurance and your appraisal came in at 285,000, the buyer did not have 20% of 285,000 ($57,000 down) and the difference of $15,000 extra cash to pay your price of 300,000.

You will want to get your cash back ASAP, so this should help alleviate a home just sitting on the market.