One in on standby in Clemson and ready to move in, was supposed to stay through the weekend but I will probably have to refund them everything or close to it.

I'm outgrowing my side and I want to buy a Single Family Home.Would I have to get a secondary home loan therefore having to put down 10-20%?

I recommend focusing on getting a great investment property and disregarding Section 8 in that pursuit because any property can be a Section 8 property, but a lousy investment is lousy regardless of having a Section 8 tenant or not.Section 8 will perform a basic functional and safety inspection for your units after you have an agreement with a Section 8 tenant and your local housing authority.

Private investment in these projects seems like a challenge as I can't see how they'd get paid back on their principal. 

I would just keep it in your personal name and get extra liability.

Wanted to get your input on this.Been screening multi-family and commercial real estate opportunities. 

It's a trip for sure :-)There are many REI opportunities in different markets - markets in the Midwest and Southeast of the country are great - where not only are the purchase prices reasonable for most RE investors, but the homes are turnkey (new builds or completely rehabbed homes, tenant ready, systems 10 years of life remaining on them, property management teams in place) with appreciating home value AND appreciating rent.

It's hard to get ahold of our current provider.

Because of the missing pads, instead of getting to $4M, I could only get to $3.8M at the end of the project (loss of $200K).

After a bad experience with a tenant (they had 12 pit bulls on the property and absolutely destroyed it), he was ready to sell it and be done.