Credit requirements may be the same but the. income requirement is different.If you invest in single-family homes for rentals, once you have built up your portfolio and have your positive cash-flowing assets maybe a % of the portfolio can be set aside for below-market rents.My opinion- You have to make $ first so that you are in the position to give back.

This was our personal home, doing a rehab or for a rental that's vacant would be much easier as far as moving furnitture, boxes, etc.   

Quote from @Joey Andres: Some landlords will improve with practice.

Hi all- my partner and I are building a portfolio of group homes.

Is this for a single family home or multi-family property?  

@Joe Villeneuve Hi Joe, I financed the home.

You can absolutely keep going from FHA to FHA (as long as you move into the properties), but you will need to refinance to first home into conventional before using FHA again.

You can get great photos with furniture in place and use that to show what a great home it is. 

I have a STR which I renovated using a HELOC on my primary home.  

This is considered a personal home - even though it has rental income, so you only have to have 3.5% down frequently, not the 20% down it takes to buy a true investment property.