Assuming everything else is good about a city you're thinking about investing in except that most of the residents commute for work to neighboring towns for work.

Requires 15% down. 203k is for primary residence.

I'm setting up a single-family residence for multiple living units.

I currently live in a 4 unit in a different city that I have been house hacking for 3 years and i'd like to change my residence to this new property.I'd appreciate some guidance on what steps I need to take as far as making sure I am in compliance with the HUD rules.

Been living in my primary residence now 2 years and hoping for another one so I can get a new roof lol. 

Our Financing Contingency ended 5/6, so now we are out a $5k Earnest Money deposit (plus the appraisal, survey and inspection, $7500 total) and don't get this great deal unless we act fast.In short, we provided to income docs for my wife, but our current primary residence is in her name, so that didn't help the DTI much, and we ended up losing the deal. 

Not people who purchased it as their primary residence and then rented it out once they moved away.

Most importantly, does any of these submarkets have any economic anchors  like state government, major universities, major health care centers, or manufacturers that are independent of the economy like military suppliers that employs most of the residents of that submarket?

However, I think the only difference will be if you are renting a room out of your primary residence.

@Marko Zlatic I currently reside in Arizona.