I love talking about this stuff so much that my kids complain about it constantly, so I thought helping other people understand some of the general contours of the industry from a legal perspective would be a better outlet than lecturing teenagers for a fourth time about what a defeasance is!

Plus the hours of material participation. 

@Raghu GotHave you read any of the comments in this chain?

This link is the latest guidance and includes a process you can follow to screen and approve service or support animals: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PA/documents/HUDAsstAnimalN...4.

He even chatted with me through this forum (Bigger Pockets) and was very encouraging that you can even do it just with free stuff out there.  

I've done a lot of value add as well so that helped speed up the process.

Would love to connect and help you with finding some on/off market deals and introducing you to property managers.

They are also based in the US so this is a good option for many. 

This helped my Debt to income a ton and I was able to close on the deal.

This would help save me some money to use on the house that is getting renovated and I wouldn't have any money out of my pocket up front for the duplex except when the mortgage starts.