They find my lifestyle and the houses lol. 

3)  When do folks expect eviction courts to return to "normal"?

Just realize that GC's must work today to earn today's income which isn't the passive lifestyle that attracts people to real estate investing.

It is all a matter of your goals (i.e. equity accumulation or supporting a lifestyle with cash) and your ability to redeploy capital effectively (i.e. is your cash just sitting or are you buying more properties)

My job is within 30 minutes of the home and requires me to stay the night at the job up to 80% of a normal month...so, I will not be physically present at the home very often, which is why I’m considering an STVR.What qualifies as occupancy?

From there, it's a normal loan.  

This being said you can still screen the tenant like you normally do a market rent tenant, and you should.

While you will immediately benefit from saving on living costs by living there, you need to make sure it will cashflow like a normal investment property once you leave the property.

I’m currently supporting our lifestyle and my wife’s schooling.

I've done my research on modular homes and now know that they appraise and appreciate just like normal homes because the only difference is they are built indoors to save costs and be quicker.