The devil's advocate in me would say that wouldn't count due to 'relationships come and go' and they possibly only look at marital situations (Publication 523 > Unforeseen Circumstances seems to point that way).

None of the deeds have marital status.

Lower GRM signify to me more remote areas. 

Well if someone has no money, they can't afford the appraisal.You find properties under $50k, they won't finance it because $50k is their minimum loan amount.If you're married, live in a marital state and your spouse doesn't want to get involved, hard money lenders will not lend because both have to sign papers.  

.-  According to the seller, her father took his wife off the will before he passed away because they were having marital problems (i.e., wife was on drugs, etc.). 

Conservative lenders, conservative originators.Being under English Law or Napoleonic Law has no bearing on mortgage interests or on marital title interests until death of a spouse, you still hold joint interests.

My hope is that by maximizing early reinvestment (and living lean) I will be able to jumpstart our equity.Some Questions:Does our marital status matter?

This is in spite of the fact that the marital settlement already provided for it.

The converse is also true: as interest rates are lowered, people's access to credit shrinks, sliding the entire demand curve to the left, and thereby the intersection between the two curves downward (signifying a reduction in price).

I've been doing a bit of reading blogs, e-books, etc for the past few months looking into how to do this thing.A little about me: I'm from California, but then my marital status changed around about the same time that my parents moved to Washington state.