c) Make a business trip to visit the units / tenants4) Always act fast to satisfy any complaint or concern either from the tenant or the management co.

If I had to pay a contractor for each of those homes my (your cost) would have been no less than $3500 for each home when including opening the walls, drying the structure, dealing with mold tests to satisfy the buyers, patching holes and painting.

I already lived here 9 years which satisfies 2 years. 

It’s a duplex and we’re very satisfied with our investment as we’ll be ready to Air BNB one side very soon.We are both agents and licensed with an investor friendly brokerage.We’d be glad to start sending you listings that will fit your criteria. 

It is a recorded lien against the property, so that debt has to be satisfied, one way or another. 

Once the property is stabilized and the seasoning period is satisfied, you should be able to get a conventional loan.  

@Sudhanshu Singha If that is the case, then both of these rules would be satisfied.

A more direct, faster, and less costly approach would be to ask the Senior Zoning Inspector if I could obtain a letter that says it could be rebuilt in the over-50% scenario, which would then satisfy lenders- as lenders have already confirmed.  

If you live there for a year, you satisfy the FHA requirements.

Honestly I've been looking for several months and am getting a little antsy, not looking to hit a home run, but would be satisfied with a single and start the true learning process for realestate investing.