One property management firm around here was so uncooperative that I have eliminated ever hiring them for my properties. 

There are other FHA requirements concerning which you should contact your local lender, but determining whether or not a triplex or fourplex meets the self-sufficiency rule is a good place to start as this rule will immediately eliminate many properties from your search, especially in expensive markets like ours.Good luck and reach out to me with any questions!

It doesn't eliminate all but id say it helped a good decent amount.

You could also probably refinance under a conventional residential loan and eliminate your PMI if you really have 35%+ equity.

Start with the max price you can afford and eliminate any cities that don't make sense based on your budget.

This eliminates the property manager, and most calls, from the tenant/buyers.For financing, I would suggest contacting CRANE Fed Credit Union.

You have the right and arguably the responsibility to remove this animal and/or the resident from your property.According to HUD: "The FHA does not require a dwelling to be made available to an individual whose tenancywould constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancywould result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.A housing providermay, therefore, refuse a reasonable accommodation for an assistance animal if the specificanimal poses a direct threat that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable levelthrough actions the individual takes to maintain or control the animal"You can read the full HUD guidelines here: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfil...The ESA abuse by tenants is ridiculous. 

The department of Housing and Urban Development is the only governmental agency that recognizes Emotional Support Animals (ESA) and HUD requires that landlords provide reasonable accommodations to residents that need ...

This can have negative repercussions, such as the note holder calling the note due based on a violation of the “due on sale” clause in the mortgage or deed of trust; the property buyer not making payments and the seller still liable for the mortgage; late payments going on the sellers credit report although it’s the buyer whose late; and various problems with liens, taxes, insurance etc.Many partial safeguards can be set up to lessen the effect of these problems, but none will eliminate the potential of these problems.  

If so, they can be removed off the Flood Map, which eliminates any lender mandates to purchase flood, plus it eliminates any local building codes or rules placed on flood zone properties.