Long story short, the Army increased the requirements to become a Chaplain while decreasing the age to fulfill those new requirements, and by the time I could finish the new requirements I would be ONE YEAR too old.  

Just so long as the funds end up in your escrow account you will be fulfilling your landlord obligation.DanielCPA, NY ID 122405

And AFTER I use that property to fulfill those "personal needs to buy a home" then I will move out and use it for a rental. 

After you have lived there for a year you have fulfilled the "intent" of the loan and could move out, again no need to change financing.

I am determined to do this, I have no other options and since getting into real estate has been my dream, its time to fulfill that dream.

The whole process of breathing new life into and old home or creating something from scratch gives me such fulfillment, it's what I want to do with my life.But I need help with my finances - how can I make my dreams possible when I'm struggling to pay down debt and am barely able to save anything?

The guy avoids face-to-face communication, however, he does answer my enquiries with promices which he never fulfills.

After the lease is fulfilled, it converts to MTM.  

You are paying her for a service and she is not fulfilling her end of the bargin.

Upon fulfilling the length of time required by the FHA for owner-occupants, we move out and really reap the rewards from a cash flow perspective, and either repeat the process entirely and buy another multi-family, or purchase and move into a single-family home (that's a "good" problem for us to save later on!)