is it better to go with the low pile carpet since it's easier to clean? 

They’re getting smarter about it too—trying to clean up any residue so there’s no visible evidence, though the smell still lingers.I currently have a $350 fine for smoking inside, including weed.

Just regular ones.It sounds like the consensus is to just put up a second mailbox on the street and label them as A and B.

Just like you, she can do RE as a side gig and learn a lot more while she keeps her own nest egg going and her lendability strong with a regular job.You should loop her into a major document with all of the properties and all of the profit and loss and go through them one by one and talk about whether to sell or keep, and also base it on geography for her and your collective choice of management.

Regularly performing or overseeing maintenance and repairs c.

I'd still do a land trust again in the future, but I'd be sure the ownership structure was nice and clean without mixed entities and SDIRAs in the mix. 

Yes, my mom would pay rent; or rather, I would be paying it but for purposes of the analysis I'm just assuming a regular tenant.

With four plex you have to pay utilities for the hallway and common areas, also maintain and clean the common areas, because the tenants won''t.

Add to that when you put <20% down, you're going to have PMI on top of the regular mortgage payments.

You can also take the profit first approach and make sure you are taking profit out of your real estate on a regular basis to do with as you'd like.