cold call as many agents till u find one. throw  50,000 stones you bound to something

In an owner-occupied SFR, you are usually not bound by any federal or state Fair Housing requirements (check your state specifically), so you can pick and choose however you wish to get roommates that are compatible with your life.

If you where a buisness wouldnt your hands be bound trying to get certain loans, they would look at you as a business, making the entry to barrier a lot harder because you couldnt take certain loans as a person anymore.

You could try renting it out as a STR but you are risking investing more just to loose it later. 

Living in Maine now so hoping to branch out into MF and scale cashflow in order to have more freedom...I still need to build a solid plan around the loose outline floating in my head, but in the meantime I'm consuming podcasts starting from #1 and reading every book I can on the subject. 

That's a standard they interpret very strictly.Common failure items include peeling paint (even a tiny bit), cracked glass, loose hand rails, crumbly cement steps and rotting wood trim.Go for the FHA 203K construction loan or a portfolio loan with a local lender. 

It won't matter what you find on the background check at this point you are bound to letting them move in. 

Then the PR would be free to contract for the sale of the property and be legally bound to sell to the buyer.

It seems to me more like we are all bound by the rules of whatever society we live in and the laws of science, no matter what we do.

Could be a loose fitting or a gas pipe rerun because the pipe goes through foundation etc.