Generally speaking, they tend to present the best opportunities for buy & hold investments in our market and are a FANTASTIC way to begin building your portfolio.As for your questions:The FHA's owner-occupancy (OO) requirement does stipulate that the buyer must reside in the property (or one if its units) as their primary residence. 

With the $1M you could invest, you'd easily be able to get into a facility large enough to achieve all that you stipulated as your goals.  

The only difference would be the stipulation of the purchase price, but the requirement to reside or use the property for 50% of the time it is in use over the next two years remains the same;If the purchase price is between $300,000 and $999,999 and the buyer cannot sign the affidavit, the withholding rate is now 15%; and If the purchase price is $1,000,000 or more the withholding is 15% of the gross price.Here are some more resources:http://altrolevy.com/all/firpta-new-withholding-ta... http://california.wfgnationaltitle.com/MarketingFlyers/Foreign%20Buyer%20and%20Seller%20Guide%20FIRPTA.pdf(This one is not updated with the recent changes but it gives you some good info and links)

The beneficiary need only stipulate in their will the directions to be given to the trustee upon their death regarding re-assignment of the beneficiary.Your attorney should be able to explain it fully.

Here was the specific, special stipulations language, which seemed pretty clear."

Options are not easy anymore, they can be done safely and with profit motives, but you'll not be getting all the current stipulations from other investors or gurus using outdated tactics, to the contrary, your deal can blow up relying on old tactics.Caution again, you cannot require a buyer (optionee) to perform any obligation in an option contract, tying performance under a lease to the option certainly becomes an installment sale.

Before closing on the house, I explained to him in person and in emails the stipulations of the 203k loan but apparently "forgot" all about that.

There are some low down programs like FHA & USDA but those come with various stipulations.

The contract with the seller would stipulate such things as the buyer paying and managing everything without any things being recorded until the mortgage has been fully amortized.  

I signed up for a program that offered up to 750,000 in financial backing per deal, but of course, there are so many stipulations to get that money that I don’t even want to use them.