There are other options for a primary residence with a first time home buyer other than FHA.

I had experienced that with my primary residence.

My logic is that if it was good enough to be in someone’s primary residence until they can't reside there any more, it's good enough for a refinery contractor to sleep on. 

The only information I could find discussed primary or vacation properties.

If this property is their primary residence then you cannot do a 1031 exchange.

The Burlington, Greensboro, and Mebane markets are my primary focus at the moment and I’d eventually like to get into some fix and flips but for now my strategy is buy and hold for single family and small multi family.

This is what I did, rented a townhome for about a year while I shopped around and ultimately bought a short sale at a huge discount as my primary residence and for $0 again with the VA loan. 

Plus you can get reduced kilowatt rate in many geographic areas, if the electric utility certifies the primary source of heat is electric. 

The new mortgage assumed owner occupancy and the deadline to file the affidavit and primary residence is fast approaching.

There are major technical enablers being developed in the IT and tech industries that can help improve these issues, i.e. advances in cloud processing and language standards (xAPI, being the primary enabler).