On literally every corner there's a new construction project for huge apartment complexes and there's tons of inventory.

Self-driving cars are potentially amazing, but they need to capture a lot of nuance and complexities.

Umbrella insurance provides substantial liability protection at a lower cost and avoids the administrative complexities of managing an LLC.

Do you understand the added complexity, work involved, and costs? 

Anyone can buy a stable senior income fund like FLBL with the click of a mouse and no liquidity or complexity issues. 

Any capital improvements on a not owned yet property would involve a complex 1031 you’d want someone like @Dave Foster involved in. 

That would almost always be from the same lender who has a 1st AND 2nd on the property and they are just fed up with the owner and are taking the opportunity to get out of a bad situation entirely.Sorry, it's complex enough that it isn't a 15 minute class.

I'd be surprised if the complex doesn't have individually metered units so you may be able to eliminate the utility expenses unless those are for common areas like walk ways, parking lot or laundry.

Having a group of friends living in an apartment complex creates a sense of community and reduces turnover.

The town is encouraging home ownership, so buying a condo/single, living in it for a year plus and then renting out works fine here (what I did), whilst house hacking a multi is more complex.