If you rent out the other rooms on a full-time basis, then it becomes a rental property... or a 2nd house in which you are house-hacking.Your CPA is referring to the passive loss limitations on deducting rental property losses against your ordinary or W-2 income.

I would ask a lender but also look up online the specific states, ounties and municipalities you are interested in some will have economic development information.

Unfortunately, I'll likely have to put 25% down because I can't pick my family up and move, so I know that limits me to an investment loan and way more upfront capital than I'd prefer. 

I recently read the book “Investing in Real Estate with no and low money down” by Brandon Turner and one question I had about syndications is I know the limited partners generally pay for the down payment and different fees but in terms of the loan itself from the bank do the general partners apply for that as a business loan?

Y-o-Y  stats makes limited sense now as it just says things are looking better than last year, not pre-pandemic.

There's no limit to how many private lenders you can have.

I like the KISS method and the idea of limiting the options. 

The seller's agent should most definitely limit the exposure to prevent a conscious or unconscious discrimination based on a protected class. 

If you rent your primary residence for period of less than 30 days, you must possess a zoning permit for limited lodging use.

As for section 8 they only pay over the top in areas with limited inventory available and high demand.