Some encourage 2 family homes aka BP househacking!

I would encourage you to partner w/ a title company that has experience closing on HUD deals next time.  

on the subject of your mortgages, i would check with local smaller named banks for a portfolio lender, also see if their is any way to work a heloc from your properties, private money lenders would be a good avenue, also seller finance is a great way to get more properties, the hardest part of REI is the more you try to do the worse banks are to deal with and creative financing comes into play, i would also encourage if you have not already jump into searching for funding, seller finance, creative finance on BP and listen to the podcasts, read into the forums ect. to get your creative gears moving. 

Thank you everyone, I sincerely appreciate the encouragement and tips!  

Sounds like this is what you're doing, but I encourage you to let go of the negative, do what you can do now to make things right, and use your new found wisdom to make the next investment a great one!

@Axel Ragnarsson That's encouraging to see, that age is an obstacle that, with work and effort, can be scaled.

Unless the original contract specifically prohibits Contract re-assignment, what they are proposing is no different that what probably more than half of Bigger Pockets wholesaling threads encourage!

. ------------ Lastly, we encourage our tenants with pets to bring them to the showing or lease signing so that we can meet the pet and verify its temperament.  

Thank you Account Closed for your encouragement; my goals are inline with Buy and Hold Investing.

I'd also encourage you to head out to your local REIA's and BP meetups.