Maybe not anymore, for now: https://natlawreview.com/article/texas-federal-court-issues-nationwide-injunction-against-enforcement-corporate

Knowing exactly what’s happening with the duplex—rents, repairs, tenant feedback—can help you catch issues early and save time, stress, and money in the long run.

They focus on safety issues, such as wood rot, water damage, and structural integrity of balconies and decks.

That is higher than most, but we want to see you succeed and only way to do that is to be sure every investor has room in the rent income to service unexpected issues. 

There usually aren't photos of the basements and that's were most of the big ticket issues are.

What I take some issue with is the techniques that guru's use to up sell and so on .. and they do nothing to qualify if the person paying them if the program does not work they are now into debt to the eyeballs and so on but then again who are we to say at some point.. think of  Hewlet and Packard they went into 15k worth of debt to start HP in late 40s or early 50s and that was a ton of money then :)

My developer client successfully defended the initial challenges and settled on this having PE rights, so he shifted the site plan to avoid the issue.

What type of interview do you do with existing tenant(s) to ask them about maintenance issues?

@Nathan Deutsch Welcome TO BiggerPockets If you are not comfy with privacy issues while house hackingyou can try  a  FHA loan or start with a partnership to buy a STR etc

- what if someone is occupying the living areas more than someone else and it causes an issue?