All of a sudden some wacky gals in the next room are banging on my door with all sorts of forward overtures...Oh the humanity!

Due to the complicated nature of this, does any body have any advice on how to handle the transactions?

American consumers and the regulatory bodies have learned nothing from their mistakes and once again you will be facing the very same abuse of credit.

Communication is KEY- a toll-free number should be answered by a human 24/7 & should be a mandatory service.)(6) What kind of Reporting do you offer?

A lot of that is due to decent OAs and dealing with decent human investors.

Did a serial killer dissolve bodies in that tub? 

If you do end up with 9-month leases, charge a higher rate to offset your summer vacancy, or post the rental as a short term.Pacific University in Forest Grove has several programs that start at other times of year (the Physician Assistants and Optometrists don't have the same schedule as the rest of the student body, so you may have a lease start at another time of year.

However, I still want the face of another human between me and my tenants

I am thinking about renting one side to 1 person/family and then living in the other side and renting 2 of the rooms to "bodies" (people with good income and credit profile) and then renting 1 room to a person interested in forming a spiritual intentional community.

To me all the school rating seems to be the obedience to authority level of the students who go there.I don't think it has much to do with length of a renter to stay put.Anyone can live anywhere they want (or they or Section-8 can afford).Forever renters (IMO) seems to stay put longer, if they have market equal housing, are treated like customers vs pests, maintenance requests are handled promptly, and rent increases do not jump too huge for them too quickly (and in some instances do not have relationship issues/breakups or are PITA Renters to the owner or other renters.A forever renter example might be Mr works retail, Mrs works waitress, kids or not, or Ms. is a hairdresser and sister Ms. is a receptionist, or Section-8 working or not.A non-long term renter might be Mr. is going through law school or is an MD in the area for residency time, or other person on a career path that typically includes home ownership.I'm not talking here about any type of protected classes here, which would be against the Fair Housing Laws, because it's important we all follow the laws.As far as the schools go:They teach you how to read and writeThey teach you how to countThey teach you how to buy and sellYour own body by the poundDon't be blind to the factThat the hand you holdIs the hand that holds you down.As I said above, to me, all the school rating  seems to be the obedience to authority level of the students who go there.It's not that I'm anti-school--it's just that they ALL could be so much better.It just seems like babysitting and jumping through useless hoops.Just my 2 cents.https://www.youtube.com/watch?