Assisted living - for those that may have medical conditions that require them to have assistance.

Banks are required to offer you all options that are possible and in your case, it's a short sale.

This will require the least amount of capital for your to get in the game and get the best of both worlds.

Depending on their level of certification / registration, they have a true fiduciary duty that they are required to disclose to you exactly how they are getting compensated - including if they are getting commissions on any of the products. 

It is helpful if you could make the supervisor's job more efficient so they could focus on the analysis more than the rote processes involved in the work.Unfortunately, some of the ways you can bring value require you to develop some experience to add.

Here I'm thinking it'll be easier because there was literally a house there before and there's already electric, sewer, water and gas at the street to connect to. 

I'm in the position to apply(depending on lender DTI requirement) for conventional financing through the builder at <6% interest rate in this current market.

Is it true that a FHA loan will require us to occupy within 60 days?

I value that because those tenants provide me with low turnover costs, low maintenance costs, and require very little time of my time.

That always assumes the deal meets my minimum investing requirements.