My friend and I are planning to buy an investment property (My second his first). It would be his primary residence so most likely a duplex or triplex house hack. We are running into a roadblock of him getting approve...

Common tasks include guiding (for example, blind, severe physical disability), alerting (severe diabetes, seizures), retrieving/operating (pushing buttons, switches, etc).

@Michael BaumEvery property we ever stayed at had a physical book so yes - it definitely suffices.

If it's a good asset(meaning primarily good location), you eat the 5.3% cap no problem you own the physical asset.

I'd still venture your online ads might be more beneficial, but NOT having physical signs means you're not getting the foot traffic. 

It really made me feel better beacause now that I know the site is physically existing! 

Sadly, many people treat them like a commodity.

The original poster's easiest route would be to have the owners of those titles request a lost title from the DMV, and then once the DMV sends them a physical title, have the owners sign them over to him.

HI @Ananth SubramanianI have not been in your shoes but have read others that have and from what it sounds like getting the judgement is the easy part and physically collecting the $$ from the tenants is the hardest most impossible part.

Becoming a property owner.The hardest part about this right now is underwriting deals, remaining patient and disciplined.Outside of that, the actual details of managing the property are only hard if you do not have systems in place, delegate responsibility, and don't fully comprehend what physical asset investments require-- capex & opex heavy.