She also touched on 1% or 2% are rules of thumbs but not as rules to rule out good investment vs. bad ones. 

If you look at almost any architecture photograph (the rule is broken sometimes), every vertical edge of the space is actually vertical in the image.

They told me all about Motor Home rules.

I don't know their rules, but perhaps she could get you set up over the phone and just have your dad go in to sign papers and get the account information.

In fact the city went so far as to sue itself and then throw the court case so that they could get a judge's ruling that the new stadium site is "adjacent" to the old one and therefore a public vote it not required to approve a new stadium because the vote would be too "risky", i.e. the public might not want their elected officials to spend their money on corporate welfare.

The are also running the expenses at 55% of rent, being that 50% is a conservative rule I think with my experience I could bring it lower then that, but I'm actually using the 55% in my numbers. 

It's at the 1.5% rule, but not quote to 2%.

I would advise you TO follow all rules the city has in place.

I learned of the 1-year rule and decided to buy and stay for just a year, then move on to my dream house. 

(Note, I'm assuming the 50% rule here, which I think is pretty valid as a rough estimate.)