I will also throw out another idea.

I use Albatross title services out of Saint Petersburg FL

I did this because I wanted to get the fingerprinting, background check, etc out of the way.

Options are to take out a loan for the 25% and just purchase or co-sign a multifamily or just co-sign on a SFH so they can get the 5% down, no loan needed, there wouldn't be any real benefit to me and my husband as we would be assuming the debt but we would be helping our kids out. 

After 2 years of renting it out we tried selling it to make our money back at no profit but not selling at that price over the summer ($500k), we bought it at $380k and put in $100k of reno's. 

Who can I reach out to to analyze the data? 

Purchase price: $89,000 Cash invested: $65,000 Sale price: $259,9002/1 brick ranch on 1acre

I’ve been hitting dead ends as far as finding funding options being an out of town investor in the Pittsburgh area.

You could start there when it comes to finding out more about build quality and the types of materials used in the homes. 

(Approach - 2) - He says that if he is asked to pull permits, he is not responsible for any additional work that the inspector may throw (basically more money out of my pocket on the rehab costs).