My husband on the other hand is not tied to the mortgage and has the ability to obtain a conventional lloan as a first time homebuyer.

I am frustrated about that but it will be worth it to obtain the grant.

Obtaining valid ID and proof of income isn’t hard; for buyer prospects, swap proof of income for a pre-approval letter and/or proof of funds.

If I had ten thousand liquid cash to spend, I'd probably do a house hack two-family and obtain an FHA loan with only 3.5% down. 

They city required that I replace the best sidewalks in the neighborhood under the program and the cost was substantially higher than estimates I obtained on my own. 

Instead we were told we had to pay $500 to attend a 3 day class workshop where we would be instructed on how to obtain real estate deals that would make us thousands of dollars, and in the bag of goodies they sold us was an Ipad as part of the deal.

I do not have a lender right now, and I will need the 12-month rent history as well as various metrics on the property such as insurance quote (which needs property information in order to obtain), existing debt, and purchase price (which would be established while making offers).

I know nothing about ME law specifically but I assume that can be done in accordance with local customs… Either by obtaining a court-certified copy of the original easement and re-recording it with all of the required signatures OR recording a confirmatory deed of easement which spells out the error and corrects it by including everyone who should have signed the original. 

Those lists can only be obtained directly through the city or county.

You can obtain up to 90% LCTV for your main primary house that you are living or 80-85% for your investment properties.