This will not compare to a large apartment complex. 

Specifically asking about public safety, appreciation vs. cash flow thoughts, and complexity of building a local team (agent, property manager, general contractor).

Anyone have a recommendation for a wholesaling CRM + dialer with similar features? 

How do you decide on the number of tenants able to fit in one property as I know its more complex than purely bedrooms, not speaking about legality's though.

I visited 6 apartment complexes this week across two Midwest metro area and saw only one EV, which was owned by the regional manager, not a resident.  

If the HOA includes any perks (eg access to a pool), you can use that as a selling feature to tenants.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

They are effectively like any other syndication (by definition they are a syndication), but put in place a legal ownership structure to accommodate 1031 proceeds.I understand why they have higher fees than the typical syndication, given the complexity in their ownership structure compared to a "typical" syndication.At the end of the day, any return from a syndication (typical or DST) is going to be primarily driven by market cycles.  

The goal is not to cash flow, and it never was.a lot of new investors run the numbers on a house hack and get discouraged, because the rent they'd take in wouldn't totally offset the mortgage. but the goal was never to cash flow positive - that was just a feature of the market several years ago when interest rates were so low.

There are some very complex, fancy spreadsheets available for less than $10 that let you manage up to ten units.