I also pushed really hard to buy my first property this past summer, a student-rental that I would house hack in as I'm a sophomore in college.

If the mechanicals of the home (plumbing, electrical, roof, and HVAC) are all centralized to a single unit, I think your home inspector stands a much better chance of spotting an issue as opposed to a multi-unit with multiple independent systems that may or may not be accessible due to tenants.As for closing costs, try to push the closing date until you have the funds available?

I am also very introverted and have been pushing myself way outside my comfort zone the past couple months networking and interacting with investors/property managers/realtors. 

I've found that sometimes just having an attorney reach out can open up a conversation again, and it might save you the grief and time of having to push through to foreclosure.

It looks like the verdict is unanimous:  I'm not going to try to push anything.

As a result, I never get push back on the contract and people will sign literally at the kitchen table without reading in detail. 

It was a VA mortgage, the payment was $1670 I felt I could push the rents over a standard 2/1 ($1800 range) by leveraging the garage conversion and get closer to 3/2 rents ($2400).

Also I didn't realize banks would keep pushing back deadlines like that.

At the beginning things went well but then the contractor stopped doing quality work and pushing back timelines and deadlines.

Tenants would be only allowed to connect washer dryer combo that would be vent less or washing machine?