As previously mentioned, I found one through google cache that has since been deleted.....Naturally my next question is why is BP deleting those posts?

They are paying $1050 per month because of the short term nature of the lease.  

For the first few properties I can alternate between VA and conventional non owner occupied loans and save up the down payments for the latter loan type in between buys.

Keep in mind that you should always figure a lower # than his estimated ARV, as the nature of a broker is to hike up your expectations so that you wanna hire them to sell your house.....and then once it comes to actually listing it they'll find reasons why it should go for less...

Are there alternate ways of protecting your investment properties?

Khurram Bashir I would second the post of Roger Pokorny regarding the sale but I also offer an alternative.

An alternative would be for your plan to be the bank, and lend money with a fixed rate of return to the partner, secured by a mortgage on the property.  

Naturally, a hard line in the sand would need to be drawn to ensure she was out before she drowned.

But that's just the nature of 4plexes - they will correlate strongly with a specific income class.If you are really interested in house hacking, you'll have to accept that fact that the neighborhood you're most likely to find a 4plex will be a lot different than your standard middle-class SFH cul-de-sac.

To make this argument, the person with a disability must make a request for a reasonable accommodation to the landlord, property manager or homeowners association (HOA) and provide the following information: Indicate that you have a disabilityRequest that, as a reasonable accommodation of your disability, you are seeking to have an emotional support animal live with youDescribe the relationship between your disability and the assistance the animal providesIf you can show each of these three things, a housing provider or program must permit the animal to live with you unless it can demonstrate that allowing the animal would pose an undue financial or administrative burden or would fundamentally alter the nature of the housing or program.Having a look at all that, there are still many legal reasons you can turn down a tenant.Especially if you don't want a mini horse in your house!