Finally, no baths on the 2nd floor, where all the BR's are would be a non-starter for me.

There are lenders out there that offer non-conventional 30/30 loans for investment properties.

Bankruptcy trustee will abandon property unless there is non-exempt equity there, and doesn't sound like there likely is.  

I'll post more in depth next week after we sign the lease this Friday but we're helping a local non-profit coffee shop that employees aged-out foster youth. 

I've paid an FHA appraiser to do a 20 minute preliminary, non official, inspection to catch things I may not, prior to the FHA appraisal.

It seems to be written by a non-native English speaker.

If I am clear with people on what we're doing (plain language, simple numbers) is this enough to be non predatory?

So the risk of selling your old property and not finding a good replacement is mitigated.The trick to this process from a financing perspective is that the eat is buying the property with non-recourse funding provided and guaranteed by you which is then partially or fully paid off when you sell your old property.  

Taxes are also lost do to non occupancy or non paying resident immigrants who live here on a temporary visa. 

You should have been notified that the $100 is non-refundable credit check fee.