This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.

You can get a much better return on your investment elsewhere and with $500k you can buy 3 homes or a 4 unit.  

How do you advertise your vacant units?

As a professional property manager, I'm coming across an interesting trend related to institutions providing financial assistance for tenants who have trouble paying their security deposit and I would love to hear feedback from the BP community.Large PM companies have begun partnering with financial institutions, such as Rhino Insurance, to help tenants who struggle with paying their security deposit.

It depends on the rental income, what you plan on putting down (20-25% is typical, 15% or 25% is required for conventional depending on # of units) For your owner occupied deal, you should be able to use a portion of the rental income to qualify and help offset your DTI a bit. 

I have 8 long-term units, 3 mid-term units.

Along with the dwelling unit described herein, the Premises include the following: (i) _____ Storage Locker; (ii) _____ Parking space(s) (Identified as _____ and containing _____ parking spaces (also see Section 9 below); (iii) _____ Garage (Identified as _____ and containing _____ parking spaces and _____ transmitters (also see Section 9 below).

Live in one unit - It's a great strategy when using a bank for financing as the down payment and interest rates are more favorable to owner occupants.  

I tried selling the property last year but it was sitting on the market for months just like the other units in the neighborhood.Recently, things have improved.

Most 1-4 unit real estate investors are using DSCR loans right now for any buy and holds while flippers lean on higher leverage bridge/fix and flip loan options with higher interest rates.