But if they don’t even bother to fill out the forms to apply, or get a basic job to make ends meet, or borrow money from family or friends/ somebody else besides you, then they can’t stay.

I'm in Oregon which basically whips people for being landlords but 99% of your problems are solved by getting good tenants so screen, screen, screen. 

Restricted food benefits, no fast food and cheetos, no, basic food, basic everything, SURVIVAL. 

You are basically saying somebody is willing to front the entire risk while you keep 50% of the spoils.

You’re pretty much admitting it’s not about safety.

So basically its a "warm and fuzzy" about a property.

Forgive me kind folks here for the many questions, I consider myself a newbie and believe that even if my questions are basic and many, I persevere and try to know from resources and of course great folks like you all here to grow and learn to make the right decisions.

Basically you can't have the yard be higher than 6 inches below the window sill (otherwise it would v difficult for people to exit out of this window in case of an emergency). 

Wanting to know some basics as well as funding options. 

Get a good cap rate basically covers your financing and ideally 20% more for maintanance, prop management fees.