Which that benefit alone ends up paying for itself in the long run.

For commercial spaces - I prioritize a long term / cheaper tenant over a high rent with the potential for vacancy. 

We are a low volume housing provider.

I just buy from HD and don't pay any attention to rates etc as long as is says "water saving".We have them in our home but primarily to save hot water (nat. gas bill).

We are in the process of flipping our primary home and have found costly repairs that are needed, and we simply cannot come up with the needed funds to pull us through when we list in September.

I understand that this money is borrowed money, so I dont want to have it locked in a deal for a long time and pay the interest payments.

As an EMD lender myself often there are late fees baked in to the agreement which mitigates the loss of return if the deal runs long. 

The new mortgage on the new $340k duplex home which is an FHA loan is going to be a monthly payment of $2800 and we will refi ASAP (the current rate is 6.7%) when rates go down.We have done some nice improvements on the SFR and will be refinishing the wood floors before a renter moves in (July 1) so feeling like it's a great opportunity for the right long term renter and we plan to screen prospective tenants well.We are taking a $20k HELOC on the SFR for the downpayment and plan to pay that off within 12-18 months.

If he is a 5% owner, his hours would qualify for REPS, as long as his job duties are qualified real estate activities.

@Claudio Garcia Zuniga, there are so many aspects that I can highlight, but long story short, renting the home will be way less of a hassle than rent-by-the-room; however, your return will not be as significant.