Like I hinted at before, I don't really worry about if they are going to accept or not, I'm off to the next one.

I bet its exponential as @Steve Vaughan hinted. 

@Lillie MAnon,You expressed a desire to live in the down south place a portion of the year without me or anyone else prompting/nudging/hinting, so I'll share this option because I believe you can mostly accomplish your goals without fraud and I don't believe you want to commit fraud.Buy the first one FHA 3.5% down primary residence.

You answered your own question when you stated "They are having a hard time finding a rental.........) you should have got the hint.

There was never a hint of anything we could get in trouble with.

.- the realtor made us sign a letter stating if we purcshed this home, she would be the only realtor that we could go through before she would show us the place.Obviously i will need to have a professional inspection done.We are able to put down %20 on a home purchase and our max price range is about $340K. with the kitchen needing a FULL remodel and some bathrooms too if we paid the pre-forclosed price and done the remodel we would hit our budget limit.So after reading some healpfull hints on this site im still in doubt on how to proceed.do i hire an real estate attorney to check all everthing on the home or do i just go through the realtor for all paper work?

Having good, local, and experience Team members that will help with those of hints you do not know and help you with income productively.Marketing is probably as impressive rant and probably as important as salesperson-ship.  

Hint:  If you plan to occupy one of the units and they are all presently occupied, designated the weakest unit (lowest rent and/or month-2-month lease) as the one you will occupy.An insurance quote if you have been able to obtain one.For Identification, your drivers licence and/or Passport will suffice.You could bring a market analysis with you, but the residential mortgage agent probably won't look at it (or know how to interpret it) - they'll plug numbers in to a computer application - which makes its own assumptions about vacancy, etc..  

In addition to that don't be afraid to tweak your message, I listen to people when they call me and almost every time they give me a hint as to what part of my letter caused them to call, either to inquire about a deal or to tell me that they don't want further communication. 

Lets you see how the software arrived at the Zestimate and gives you a hint at what a CMA might show.