- As a buyer, are you able to stipulate that you will use a closing attorney of your choice? 

Account Closed I would talk to your banker and get the increase in your HELOC (or second HELOC) with the stipulation that you'll pay off your mortgage. 

First, is there a court order stipulating child support or a divorce agreement where that is stipulated?

I always highly recommend all my clients start with a four unit from a financial point of view however some people value lifestyle over their financial freedom so I find that often times families will pick SFR's or duplexes still over 3-4 units.Additionally, 3-4 units have more stipulations now than they did when @Ryan Hurd bought his fourplex.

That being said, I don't want to get stuck in analysis paralysis either.It's also worth noting that I utilized a first-time-homebuyer's loan through my parish (county) and if I sell the house I will have to pay back a nominal penalty (rules stipulate it has to be owned for 5 years to avoid penalty.

I know that we can use it anywhere in the U.S, but I'm not sure what steps are needed to actually pull this off, or what the stipulations are involving this type of purchase. 

We are currently living in a primary residence that we closed on in May 2022 and moved into June 24th 2022.Our primary home mortgage stipulates under occupancy clause: that we move into the house within 60 days of closing and occupy the residence for at least one year.After that year, we were hoping on purchasing another primary residence closer to myJob (30 miles away).

Do a property inspection right away, or within the notice guidelines stipulated in your lease.4.

There are some regulations and stipulations around FHA loans for 3-4 units (self sufficiency) but this doesn't increase the down payment and make it a commercial loan.

They paid their own lights and gas and the same scenario I posted above would pertain to them as well regarding their lights and gas.For the tenants who had to pay the water bill, which we as landlords paid for ourselves, on behalf of the tenants, (and of course this would be stipulated in the Lease Agreement that they would be responsible for the lights, gas, and water bills) we would then turn around and bill the tenant for the water bill by typing up an Invoice out of QuickBooks and sending the tenant the a bill for the Water and also sending them a copy of the water bill sent to us from the Water Company to prove we weren't trying to charge them for more usage than what they used.