I'm pretty impressed with the mentor program, but we are growing at such a rate that it needs some expansion - hope to see that soon.Best of luck to you!

Any stepped construction programs available?  

So, when this lady applied, I relaxed my screening and on top of that, the government(Section 8) paid 100% of her rent. 

There's another set of regulations that govern the property - the dimensional regulations.

@Evan Pickvet-Hall Your agent might be referring to the fact that you might not be able to qualify for typical home mortgage programs as most lenders prefer SFRs to even 4 units (even though they are both classified as residential). 

I also do not live in the area anymore (from there) so don't know much about the market, but it seems Philadelphia government does not do much to invest into the area as everything looks the exact same as it did when I was a kid there in the 80's or worse.

P.O.S. inspections were developed, I would argue, because municipality leadership was unable to devise programs to HELP homeowners with their properties. 

Keeping money that would otherwise go to the government in the account to compound can be a big advantage.One question to look at with your tax advisor is how much earned income you are generating since your contributions will based on that number.

Don't get the two programs backwards. 

I have a 20k program that will work wonders for you.