Your vision and desire to even dream of doing a project this big, your resourcefulness to put all the pieces together, the ability to sell your idea and yourself, your honesty & integrity with everyone involved, your willingness to pay off your debts and make the hard sacrifices and your humility to share your experience are the ingredients of  super sucessful entrepreneurs.The things you've learned from this experience will help you for the rest of your life.

I bet you’ll get it fixed ASAP!

Your best bet is probably to call a bunch of banks until you find one

If you Dad stays on the title as an owner he will need to sign loan docs etc, i would rather keep it simple too, but its not a big deal to have your Dad involved if you have good understanding with him.

It's not worth it.I'm told that FHA has ways of finding these things out that are more involved than just getting your mail at the address.Ohio is not listed in this resource: http://www.ncsl.org/research/financial-services-an...But in many of the states listed, mortgage fraud is a felony.

Not sure about his experience with SD fraud but if he can’t help I bet he can point you in the right direction. 

It's completely up to you the amount of involvement, renovation, risk tolerance you have with likely low income or credit challenged tenants.

I know that these are basically retail deals, so it’s more of a question of which type of building mix would would you go to.My plan involves selling a few of my SFR and transitioning to small MF around Orlando or Jacksonville and I’m leaning towards one building type of places because I’m thinking one roof vs two or three may help for maintenance.

A 50% LTV loan is a pretty safe bet so you'll probably be able to get somebody to bite assuming you're willing to pay the points/higher interest.Another option would be to contact some credit unions in the CT market you're property is located in.

Get involved with a local REI, seriously, go to one a week.