A written agreement that complies with federal, state, and local law4.

Those will be the governing docs for this situation. 

The  association I'm in has a program we use that has these properties already listed there but in the South Florida area.But for you.....I read in the book Wholesaling Bible, "To get a pre-foreclosure list you have two options: (1) you can put the list together by going down to your local county government office and searching for and finding the recent lis pendens or notice of default findings; or (2) you can buy the list from a pre-foreclosure list provider/broker."

In general, the federal government doesn't care HOW you borrowed the money, they care what the borrowed money was used for.

He just started a Federal job at GS-7: $47,374, and will make GS-9, $57,948 in one year.   

I have the federal taxes understood on this, but what about South Carolina tax?

Lease dynamics - MTM vs. long-term lease - are governed by the market more than anything else. 

Navy Federal Credit Union

Some lenders may verify, with no income verification, but with a higher interest rate, but this is something I need to do more research on and very much welcome any suggestions on any reputable companies I could work with.On that note, I am roughly familiar with a federally insured Title 1 loan that would even be applicable to properties one does not own!

However, it is on the grass between the curb and sidewalk which i believe is technically government property.