I would love to hear any suggestions about where I should look to live in the area. 

Quote from @Vince Scipione: Yes, they are a popular choice where I live and work, however with the ever fluctuating cost of oil heat, many people have swapped over their boilers/furnaces to what is called a "Propane Gun" essentially it is a device that is affixed to the front of the furnace/boiler that injects the propane and ignites it.

Easy living, comfortable furniture.

If you and your husband own the relinquished property in your individual names, and you intend to own the replacement property in an LLC, if both you and your husband are members of the LLC it will be deemed a partnership unless you live in a community property state. 

I live in the Lancaster PA area.I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.

If you're doing FHA, I'm sure you know you have to live in one of the units.

I had a great CPA on the east coast where I used to live but I am hesitant to do taxes remotely.

We purchased it with the intention of living in the Ground floor + BSMT apartment and renting the 2nd floor apartment.

I think it would be the right direction since we already decided to buy using a VA loan and live in SC. 

@Kerry Noble Jr  I used to live in Indianapolis before moving to Georgia.