I’ve called numerous banks/credit unions over the years for various things and more times than not they’re the one who seems to pull through

There is one other element to the return worth taking into account: the monthly mortgage payments consist of both interest and principal.

After listening to numerous BP podcasts over the past several months, I felt it was time for me to jump in and become an active member of the site.  

Slowly is how I have been in this for about 6 years or so now and I have gone through numerous realtors and contractors.

People move in and out of roles on a daily basis and I do not think that "retail customer" BEST decribes the role of a tenant in the landlord tenant relationship though it is an element of it.

On our own projects, we always make our own assessments of rental rates, and there are numerous resources for this data once you know where to look.You need to determine the business plan, i.e. duplexes vs. larger project, then have an architect layout the design on your chosen path, then run a set of number (proforma) to determine feasibility.

I’ve encountered this issue on numerous occasions.  

However, I don’t believe most Custodians or administrators would do this as your checkbook IRA LLC would stand on its own —thus that registration would generally be done by one of the managers of the LLC or an attorney or other professional if it was needed as explained by @Brian Eastman  I don't know who the service providers are...that's part of the question (attorney, registered agent, other)...could be cumbersome with numerous states.Sounds like it is NA though based on Brian's excellent reply. 

I'm sure in a 1-2 hour drive from your area you can find a similar situation that will work out much better numerically and that would be my advice.

That gave us the option of shifting almost all the building coverage to the Unit Owners and minimizing the Condo owned (common elements).