The package consists of a 3,000+ sq ft church, a 912 sq. ft. 2 bed 1 bath home, and an 8,000+ sq. ft. vacant lot.We have discussed and written down the best exit strategies for us, that makes a lot of sense financially, but we'd like to maximize the benefits of the tax code added on December 22, 2017, and would like the help of the BiggerPockets Community to do so.

I received the lead from the Pastor of the church that owned the property and there was not much negotiation.

I have attempted to find other ways of living a little cheaper to no avail (e.g. contacting bishops from my church who potentially had ideas where members could house my family for cheaper).Keep in mind that I will be paying my mortgage with the student loan money I receive, NOT rent if I happen to buy a house.

In other words, you could find a tenant by word-of-mouth but if you put an ad online or in the newspaper then you must abide by Fair Housing.EXEMPTIONSSpread the word at work, church, or whatever.

One of the very best filters I can think of is whether or not they are church-going.

However, my brother's church group is extremely well connected meaning young, single adults from the same community like to live together.

My church choir meets then for our weekly rehearsals. 

And there’s a church.

(My wife has some experience with RE; one of her projects, just before retiring, involved coming up with the plans, getting approvals, and finding developers for a couple of properties next to her church's plaza, one of which is now known as One Dalton in Boston, MA.)We picked Winder because my sister and her husband live there and they were happy to help find and get us started with a place.

No I was hoping that I could use it as a rental as it's literally two blocks from our high school and then three blocks from our college campus so it's in a great desirable location and I was going to talk with my Bishop personally from our ward of the LDS Church.