The alternative you're proposing of holding it and potentially only selling a half is a much better one. 

As an alternative so you don't have to lie , there is an investor loan for both single family and multi 2 to 4 units.

If so, is there any sort of way to obtain permission or find an alternative source of comp pics for the flyer?

Liability Insurance, workman's comp, advertising, shop, truck repairs/fuel, tool expenses, employee benefits etc.. then figure out how many productive hours a week your company can actually work and divide the two to figure out just how much an hour you'd need to generate just to stay in business then try and figure out profits from there. #3 is just a poor practice in general.

The alternative is to consider other options such as room rentals and/or short term rentals.

It's not a good practice to teach new property owners to evict at the drop of a hat...There is an obligation to assume the position of a responsible human and work through the steps and processes...this means an attempt at mediation at every level...then alternatives to evict like cash for keys. 

Alternatively, you can do a "hybrid" real estate portfolio where you refi one and acquire one or more as purchases, such that the new note is tied to multiple properties.

Yea that is an issue, I would need to find a friend with a truck to transport them.

is there any practical alternative to automate the rent payment without the tenants providing theirs accounts?

Are there any loopholes or creative financing alternatives I should consider?