If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.If you find a good team in Columbus, Ohio this should not be an issue

The whole Lady bird/FHA thing can have some hiccups and going FHA for your parent’s home will cause issues with you getting the next FHA home.Instead do a gift of Equity going Fannie Mae 5% down (use the gift of equity) to cover and for any closing costs.

Every time I rent to individuals less than that there are delinquent payment issues.

Some people say multi families are harder to sell than single family houses because the buyer pool isn’t as big but I keep my properties in tip top condition and I just don’t see that as being an issue.

The things that are being required are common sense (maybe not the maps 🙄) and quite honestly probably good idea, after seeing how many cabins are managed.

No pets means no pets.I usually explain to the tenants that it is an insurance issue.

That's the main thing that I have learned through our chats there.You're right, I neglected to mention that I had put improvements into the home, but at the same time, that's relatively common.  

It was a perfect storm of demand issues (i.e.

We took title as LLC1 + LLC2 as tenants in common. 

If it is a duplex and silent on the issue and you offered it to this tenant gratis your state law may say something about it.