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(answering my own questions)
I wonder if Lisa did the "Second Home Rider" with the mortgage? She should have had a lawyer do the buy! (I sure will)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loans

A second home loan might include a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac "Second Home Rider" with the mortgage. This rider often includes the following terms with which the borrower must comply.

The borrower will occupy and use the property as the borrower's second home.
The borrower will maintain exclusive control over the occupancy of the property.
The property can't be subject to any timesharing arrangement or rental pool.
The property can't be subject to any agreements that require the borrower to rent the property or give a management firm (or any other person) control over the occupancy and use of the property.

So, this rider makes it seem like you can't rent out a second home. However, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rewrote their guidelines to clarify that if you have a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgage on a second home, that house can be used as a rental property, subject to some limitations. The rider says the borrower will keep the property available primarily as a residence for the borrower's personal use and enjoyment for at least one year unless the lender otherwise agrees in writing (the lender can't unreasonably withhold consent) or unless extenuating circumstances exist that are beyond the borrower's control. Here are the rules:

During the first 12 months, short-term renting is allowed. But you must keep the property available primarily as a residence for your own personal use and enjoyment.
After you've owned the property for a year, you can do longer rentals.

If I buy this place as a primary residence, can I airBnB it when I'm not in town?

www.zillow.com

I really want it, but would have to generate some money to pay for it.
Can one rent out just a room and still have it a primary residence?
How about renting out a converted barn-dominium on the property? (there is a big metal building there too)

...

"...the views of James Madison, who supported the
notion that when noncitizens are subject to the laws of the United States, they are
also protected by the same laws.3"

www.villanovalawreview.com

So there's a situation that noncitizens should make themselves subject to federal and state laws as a condition of being protected by those laws.
Their rights are contingent on obeying the law in reciprocity, at least in the matter of second amendment rights.

Couple of points:
1)Mandami is not qualified to dispense legal advice
2)It's not that simple, the issue of constitutional rights re: noncitizens

I found a good source that offers qualified discussion on the subject:

www.villanovalawreview.com

1 See Moore, supra note 22, at 819 (reasoning Justice Brennan's recognition of the principle
of reciprocity has been expressed in the past, particularly by James Madison); see also Plyler, 457 U.S.
at 220 n.19, 223 (noting the rights of noncitizens are not unlimited and the fact undocumented
immigrants are here illegally is not some "constitutional irrelevancy").

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