It all comes down to finding a program and/or service that will meet 80% of your requirements and can you live with the other 20% that doesn't meet your requirements. 

The way I saw real estate at the time was, saving money, buying a multi family, live there with tenant who help pay for my house.

A house is a place to live, a car is something to get me to my destination.

They don't expect you to live there for half a year, but it is more of having the ability to. 

I proposed to put down 20% (50/50) on a house where we can live together and invest the rest on other properties since she said she does not want to live in a house that is only mine...I won't ask why.

I live in German Village.

One lot has the home I am living in.

I am house hacking a single family home and will be able to live for free and also some left over each month! 

Recently bought a house 3 weeks ago it is a 4 bedroom 2 bath house I live in one room and have rented out the other 3 rooms.

I also closed on my first house hack a couple months ago and had to get a tenant out of the space that I was going to be living in.