And there is Absolutely no question that Portland proper politics is against out of area corps taking advantage of their fare city and residents. 

Id say an investor friendly agent is also a realtor specifically being a part of lobbying for landlords rights through being a major investor, a local public policy committee member, taking advantage of the doors that the associations open to speak directly to legislators. 

If you see yourslef checking on it daily, doing some of the work, etc then having it close to you would be a huge advantage.

As I see it, this is not very much different than signing up with a property management company to manage the lease (but of course in this case, the property management company is also owned by us).Any other advantages of this structure (other than the separation of business aspect)?

The court found that the servicer’s loan modification proposal sought to “take advantage of” the partial claim program by using a subordinate note and mortgage to recoup—from the debtor—the same amount it was able to draw from HUD as a partial claim.

Is there another way you can take advantage of this market?

If you're wanting to take advantage of the equity, and not dip into your savings for the new property, I would suggest looking into getting a HELOC on the primary before you rent it out, and use that to fund the cash to close.

If a decision is being made to deny an applicant because of these categories then that could be a violation.

Advantage to her is she has at least taken some money off the table and now you have cash flow and an asset to use while figuring out the rest. 6) can you move into one of these for a year?

 I’m having difficulty running these numbers because they don't fit under any one of the categories here.