What kind of resources do you recommend for finding a good first choice? 

Frankly, this alone left me no choice but to terminate the lease.  

You can do a duplex though, which might not be a bad idea.With your credit score, conventional might be a good choice, you only need 5% down for 2-4 units if you live in one. 

When January comes, you will have two disadvantages:- you will have missed on the end-of-year planning opportunities- some of the most highly sought after professionals will be full and not taking clients anymoreAnd the longer you wait, the fewer choices you will have. 

You don’t really have a choice.

The garden unit tenants stopped paying rent, and I had no choice but to start the eviction process, which is still ongoing.

Some people prefer an electric dryer over gas and in some of our properties we have both gas and electric hook ups for dryers so they can have their choice.

@Samuel Gebretnsae You have two choices. 1) Walk away and leave your money on the table. 2) Go ahead with the deal and take a leap of faith that the repair was done correctly.

There are choices at every turn that form the story.

Ultimately, shared laundry works just fine in our multi's - sometimes you just have no choice.2.