For our purposes it's all for an income stream. 

**Maintenance**: Be prepared for a bit more wear and tear compared to market-rate rentals.

@William J Anderson with anything, you'll probably want a summary/overview report and then another for a deep dive as needed.You'll want the summary report to be your go-to, preferrably showing month-by-month for comparison purposes. 

And a condo can take longer to sell when you exit compared to a detached home.

Will itemize for brevity purposes:- Mother wants to move to Saint George, Utah and get a home in a 55+ community- Me (son) has cash and wants to buy the home for her.

If you are passive in those rentals (not real estate professional for tax purposes which requires 750 hours of real estate), and your Modified Adjusted gross income is over $150,000, then the cost seg is not actually going to save you any taxes. 

I wrote the above for informational purposes.

How do the interest rates usually compare between the two?

Most purposes that people on the BP forums are transferring properties to an LLC, would be exempt of the Due On Sale Clause.

Compare my bottom line to those who claim it's fine to invest where you get a $100 a month cash flow and sometimes actually even get rent. ;-) IMHO Thank you so much for your insight.