It makes me wonder if all the hype around "house hacking" and financial independence is driving the hype even higher and encouraging more millennials to jump in.

Independently checked title with real estate agent and it came back clear. 

You might want to consider writing up a first chapter and shopping it around to see if you can find some interest from publishers.

I am a financial independence "enthusiast" if you will and always interested in adding more semi-"passive" incomes streams to supplement my current investment portfolio (mainly index funds at the moment).

I recently published a blog on exactly that topic.

I am a small, independent real estate investor in DC.

If this is a wrong group, please suggest where to publish this question.Thank you. 

I like eXp for what I'm currently doing, but if I go down the investment-only or commercial rabbit hole, I'd likely also need to consider a brokerage switch or becoming an independent broker.   

However, they must be proven to be independent from the rest of the series LLCs in terms of operations and/or accounting.

The City of Independence stated that they have been trying to get USREEB to fix the issue for almost 2 years & I was never even notified of such issue.The tenant moved out Aug 2017 & the property management company kept charging me utilities upwards of $400 when the property was vacant & did not/could not provide me proof or answer why.The bottom of the kitchen sink cabinet was missing & had fungi growth that was never cleaned and replaced.