You can't really go wrong either way; but you will make more money with the 16 unit. 

It's one of the most important tasks that can go overlooked until something goes wrong.

Who says those tenants didn't do it to a landlord prior, and you got the wrong end of this one on the follow?

Rents are high too, don’t get me wrong.

I haven't seen this pulled off.  100% strangers living under one roof, what could possibly go wrong LOL.

She wanted one before buying because she is ready to build, so I got the same soil scientist that did my soil evaluation to do that for her within the next week.

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

Huge mistake - almost everything has gone wrong, the Property Manager they set me up with was unable to manage, had to fire them, find a new PM, and more than a few other problems.

The issue you may also run into is from a tax perspective, but I am not the expert on that.This seems too complex honestly and one of those, you cannot figure out what could go wrong until its too late scenarios.

I would only be guessing, and I'm usually wrong when I do that.