It can't imagine it making any sense in your case, it's for basements/below grade rooms, although I am sure there are always exceptions.

Theoretically, I would imagine that the ability to purcahse more than one home at 5% down could stack up enough to have you coming ahead vs 25% down on one house.Thoughts?

I imagine they don't care one way or another what type of property is being served rather their more concerned with the signor on the account.If you want to use an entity to create an account then they will more than likely require you to create a commercial account.Banks work the same for checking accounts, credit cards, loans, etc.

An issue here is that being new to the industry, my imagination for possible scenarios leaves something to be desired (and hopefully something I can improve on in this forum).

You put your friend in a rough spot as I can only imagine that your friend was well aware that your girlfriend and her mom were living there.

I imagine that Quest has to charge you somehow and I can't see you earning 8-10% returns with their charges The important part is to know the law where you are investing and learning the process. 

The webinars and podcasts are very beneficial and you will find a blog on just about any topic you can imagine.

(I imagine there might be some overlap between the two lists).

I would imagine yes.

Can't imagine how that could possibly go wrong... go for it... lol