We provide housing for Homeless and Addicted people in underserved communities, and in an attempt to revitalize our Downtown area, and expand our Program (part of it is home ownership and entrepreneurship) we need to be able to buy adjudicated properties, or have them donated, then have the finances to redevelop and repair them.

I would have looked more deeply into house hacking or creative financing and left the mortgage for the first property where it was.

You've probably heard of big Landlords losing property, but only because they were flagrantly violating Fair Housing, running a slum, or otherwise violating the law in an egregious manner.

They may suggest staining it or just cleaning it and leaving it.Generally speaking, it is not a great idea to get a tenant to do things especially if they ask you for reduced rent to do it. 

Nobody outside of our bloodline knows that the house is paid off.

I want to house hack and rent all of the rooms out (since with an FHA Loan I have to be a primary resident I cannot rent the whole house out).

Securing a duplex and house hacking one side.

He owns a house in the same community.

Hopefully that attracts more work for the construction company.I have a Facebook page for helping people with their house issues.

If you are talking about from the pole to the house, then that's an easy fix.