People want simplicity more than anything.

There's plenty of great and smart people on here and in our local area that can offer advice, but I would offer two things:1.  

If there are more people living there, Make them do applications with background checks and add them to the lease for responsible parties. 4.

Also, I am open to thoughts on my strategy to partner with people who are open to equity position, not as a fee based consultant.

People refinance the loan all the time.

I know sec 8  always on the short here in CA because people don’t like to rent to Section 8.  

Of course people talk to him, so he knows EVERYONE in the single-family renovation game in Pittsburgh.

I think it depends on your integrations and the settings available, but 50% pro: more people can afford to book it now so possibly higher occupancy rate; con: you better make sure your systems are in place to check and double check 100% collected before check in.

Based on my research so far it seems the most easy to find CRE mortgages are short term (up to 10 years, though amortized 25-30), but I have also seen people repeatedly state that you CAN find longer term CRE loans.  

A lot of people like ListSource but it depends on what you're doing and there are a lot of alternatives, just search around.