This is both a business move and a workforce development initiative, targeting trades as a critical part of economic growth.

Also, the tax benefits of the buy and holds help offset the increased tax consequences of fix and flips.

you have most certainly come to the right place to sync up with other investors and learn more about their experiences and trade strategies. 

"I'm willing to cancel the eviction so it doesn't reflect on your record if you vacate on x day and pay x toward your outstanding balance"Most tenants are unaware of the long-term consequences when they have an eviction on their record.

Again even if you have great credit as you start to add more credit cards, mortgages, auto loans to your credit you can also be viewed as "High risk" due to Excessive trade lines in credit or higher DTI - debt to income ratios. 

I'd just notify the tenant in writing what that means and what the consequences are. 

I also have a $50k line of credit I can tap into when needed that will grow as I keep growing the business.Right now my rent is about $1700 where I've been staying for over a year, but really wanting to trade that for a mortgage and start building that equity.

You could try to value it with the income approach, with NOI & DSCR, but that usually isn't done with smaller multifamily.You're going to have to extrapolate out farther and see where other smaller multifamilies have traded.

When I was 22 I had to move from my home town to Las Vegas in pursuit of HVAC trade school.

Sure, they may be able to grow to a very moderate size,  add a few units, or trade up to a larger investment, but as for real scalability: NO.Why?