It gave me the option to appeal by 20 August although I didn't receive the letter until after this date due to mail redirections.I spoke to my PM and he said he can be of no assistance and it has nothing to do with him.I said to him 'Aren't you responsible for managing the tenants, including their illegal activity?'.

The issue with that approach is that the house won't have appliances during showings, and that's going to be a huge visual selling point when marketing a $125K house. 

They only approve what they think when the inspector comes out, and the appeal process is a PITA.

Once you win they hand it to a processor in India that will also be very robotic scripted, like your standard customer service line these days.The silver lining is that their one-sided contract and policies generally scare off the normal consumer and most realtors don't want to deal with them, so they eventually have to make the price appealing to investors. :)

I'm sure you'll have no problem renting it, there is a need for small but functional housing even if it doesn't appeal to section 8.I'm also pretty sure you will be taken advantage of if you don't get a great property manager or get educated about low income landlording pronto.  

honestly I have found in most areas those time of years are harder if your appealing to family's.

I assume weekly rentals would give us the best return (assuming vacancies work out) but the security of a seasonal deal is appealing.  

While working in the kitchen [by far the most labor intensive room] I will occassionally catch a whiff of fragrant bread baking or a turkey being roasted and imagine the people [the love] that had filled this tiny house during holidays.I have even attached names to the jug-eared,freckle-faced youth I visualize hanging from the limbs of the tree right outside of the mudroom, and the aproned woman urging me to repair the frame holding the incredible stained-glass artwork in one of the windows.And the names and faces?  

Some people are visual.

This is more appealing to me and my situation.