My first year I did one deal that constituted 12 rental units (2 fourplexes, and 2 duplexes).  

The question I have is what constitutes "living" at a location?

I'm renting out a condo with a lot of interest and the prospects I went with agreed to the terms via email. I sent them the lease and other docs and they didn't reply for 5 hours. It's 3 guys and a broker and they're ...

The question I have is what constitutes "living" at a location?

I'm not familiar with the NC market, or what constitutes 'expensive' in your experience, but generally speaking, you'd be looking for more moderately priced B/B+ properties if you're aiming for cashflow above all else.

And,  one email does not constitute a spam, and after your first and ONLY request, you were taken off our list.  

It's in a high demand area and would be very to easy to find new tennants if this would constitute as a broken lease?

First, you should determine what constitutes an emergency and what can wait until the following business day. figure this out and put it in writing so there's no question.Second, educate your tenants on what constitutes an emergency.

What constitutes a kitchen?

I printed off an opinion by a cpa online that said you could personally do a little mowing, cleaning and painting to an sdira investment property because it did not change the value of the property vs adding a retaining wall in the garden which is a capital improvement and so would be disallowed as it would in essence constitute a contribution to your IRA.