You don't want to find costly issues after closing that a home inspector could have easily identified. 

Finally, I'd just like to leave you with this, meet lots of people, do some informational interviews with real estate pro's (realtors, loan officers, etc) figure out your boundaries and exactly what you want, identify and work with people that align with those boundaries and desires, then go for it!  

All occupants must be identified to the POA.I have tried to no avail to have them understand that if we put the property in a Trust and named my daughter as the beneficiary and she was identified to the POA as the trust beneficiary she can occupy the house. 

Just write up a piece of paper that identifies your key lease components (parties, address, term) and say both parties agree to a mutual lease termination as of ?

If they have not even given notice to their landlord it is way to early in the process for them to identify a property they want to move to.  

You can use Google to identify the tracts that are approved in your state.

This will identify who you may need to add to your team in order to succeed.Speaking of team; look for REI meetups in your area and network.

If you look at the recent historical trends it's not hard to identify which markets are 'growth' and which are 'cash flow' type markets, and there are some that show characteristics of both. 

Also, obtaining a more attractive debt to income ratio is something that I've also identified as a potential hurdle I will need to overcome in my early years, but it does not seem to be an impossible task. 

My family past spending habits haven't been the greatest, but this has been identified, changes have been applied, and things are looking up.