With delayed financing, you can get a mortgage that's treated as purchase money financing after closing so long as no lien was put on the property during the purchase.

In Pennsylvania, I am allowed to self manage my own properties (without being a licensed Realator) as long as I have % ownership in the company the deeds name is in.

@Daniel Curtin Blue Island will be fine as long as you have a strong plan for management.

The biggest issue is that eventually those decks will need replacement (I’m keeping them alive as long as I can).

So as long as you take the time to add your handyman, plumber, electrician, HVAC company, etc into the software it should be as easy as the push of a button when the request comes in. 

You can get rid of them as long as you follow the letter of lease/state law.. 

Until then, you have a duty to honor your parents so long as you can legally and safely do so. 

I have questions such as, should I really be looking at my home state, or can I expand to surrounding states as long as it's drivable?

As long as you can afford to lose a little every month you should be fine.

It should also make AL licenses transferable again.In any case you can do short term rental without the AL license as well, as long as you register each contract with finanças as a normal rental.