However, if you have a lot of money you should skip single-family and go straight to apartments.

Would it be better to get turn key properties first or go straight to BRRRR method?

Construction it’s self is relatively straight forward as this would be a floating deck on top of the waterproof membrane.

On the other hand the single family if it's in a good area would likely appreciate more compared to the multi.It's getting tough in the Pittsburgh area to find straight multis that will enable you to live for free/make money in a nice area.

What options would you recommend aside from the straight FHA 3.5% down that requires mortgage insurance for the life of the loan?

Well assuming you are past the LLC creation point which is straight forward assuming you and partners can agree on decision making hierarchy, operating agreement, etc.. the next most challenging thing from an operations stand point is getting financing terms that you are comfortable with.

Without the resources of the courts to decide if the hardship is valid or not, or the courts to provide penalties to those that just straight up lie on the statement, or to prevent landlords for unreasonably denying valid applications, I'm not sure how this dog can hunt in the short-term.If this is a long-running issue/policy this all can be done. 

I would go straight from work typically twice a week to check on progress and then again once on the weekends.

but it doesn't cut that straight (could be operator error!

So let me see if I got this straight.