Our insurance agent was working on getting us some sort of blanket policy that covered up to the purchase price only, but he's having difficulty because we often have mobile homes.

I welcome a conversation on the difficulties and your experiences to address the above mentioned questions/ complexities. 

Those who are saying that technologies will never provide an absolutely correct rental prices definitely have a point.

I know there are landlords that protest that including these items will expose them to unmanageable maintenance costs but to be honest we rarely get calls (I use top load washers - more durable and simpler technology than front loaders).

We both currently work in semiconductor/technology.  

If you're having difficulty finding a tenant you might want to consider a referral fee.  

That's how Swany did it, if his condos in Ohio not in San Diego, he couldn't later 1031 into apartments. the difficulty is to convert dead equity to cash flow.

I'm on mobile so I'm having difficulty tagging everyone but thank you all for your recommended life changing book!

They are having some difficulty finding one.

I've been an avid listener of bigger-pockets for years, but I never was too fond about technology.