Live there, rent it to a snazzy restaurant, common area for the renters (???)

This scenario is very common with most of the properties as the owners sell at a very high rate.

Referrals are common networking in most businesses. 

Typical radio silence treatment that has become all too common with the times.  

A lien under this subchapter does not attach to:(1) wearing apparel;(2) tools, apparatus, and books of a trade or profession;(3) schoolbooks;(4) a family library;(5) family portraits and pictures;(6) one couch, two living room chairs, and a dining table and chairs;(7) beds and bedding;(8) kitchen furniture and utensils;(9) food and foodstuffs;(10) medicine and medical supplies;(11) one automobile and one truck;(12) agricultural implements;(13) children's toys not commonly used by adults;(14) goods that the landlord or the landlord's agent knows are owned by a person other than the tenant or an occupant of the residence; and(15) goods that the landlord or the landlord's agent knows are subject to a recorded chattel mortgage or financing agreement.

Are single family rental properties more common?

I’m not familiar with the “heat pump” everyone’s talking about… A heat pump is common in warmer climates but they're becoming more common further north as they become more capable.

Nit sure if they could command the same rents as a srick or manufactured.Manufactured have about all the same benefits of traditional stick built but are generally faster to build and slightly cheaper.Stick built- most expensive but made from common materials, easier to appraise, but take longer to construct. 

Seller Leasebacks are also pretty common right now so depending on the situation you may not be able to move into the house until a month or two after you close.

I am struck by the difference between what a lot of the people writing here did/are doing and the common pattern we see people new to real estate so frequently ask about here on BP (but also locally for me here, in Allegheny County where the 'Burgh is, median home value $214K).