Being cash you can save a bunch of money on insurance and the companies won’t hassle you over stupid petty stuff as bad as if it was mortgaged

The savings both economically and in time from that commute will be worth breaking even or a short term loss by selling the house.Sorry to hear about your daughter, best of luck to you!

I have cash that I've saved but cannot use because I have not kept it in the bank so I am paying off my car with that and then taking a new loan out against to show history of the money and then I am taking a loan against my 401k to cover the rest.  

He does have savings for the down payment but I fear that he will not be able to get financing. 

You are not violating Fair Housing Laws, and filling the vacancy with a more qualified tenant (if you can find one) will save you countless hours of time and a significant amount of money in the long run.

Having your contractors license in "general Construction" will allow you to do a majority of the oversight and save you money.

If the person is a functional person but poor, they will look for housing on their own two feet and they will save up their own security deposit. 

From my limited research, it looks like the initial capital has to be from a capital gain and not from ordinary income/savings. 

I've been considering going with vinyl flooring in the 2nd unit, to save on labor, and perhaps formica counters, to save on cost, but it might not save that much money overall, and it would not be consistent with unit 1 choices.

Doing some local bank hunting can save you lots of money.