Last year, I took an aggressive approach and purchased six rental properties in the Midwest, specifically in the Cleveland and Akron areas.

Renewal of previous leases are $300/year, roughly, but  - also according to the salesman - they keep tenants in-place 3-4 years on average.Other than those miscellaneous charges, they do have two interesting "guarantees": 1) a $5k eviction protection guarantee, and 2) another $5k in rental income guarantee - which I'm sure was something that stemmed from property owner's concerns during COVID.Overall from what I've seen/heard, Mynd seems like a great company if you want a full hands-off or out-of-state managament approach.

That is a fine approach and is more conservative.However, for my preferences, I would focus on optimizing debt for cash flow.

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Unless you are in one of the exceptional markets with a 1 of a kind property I would recommend doing any flip that remotely approaches 70% LTV, I am seeing a lot of 60% LTV projects, those investors with make money. 

Obviously, different people have different reasons for the way they approach their investment strategy:Personally, I prefer to use personal funds and "pay" myself the interest. 

Especially with a long-term hold approach.

In terms of your grandfather living there as long as he's not the owner having a dwelling fire/rental property insurance policy is appropriate.As @Greg Scott pointed out he should have a renters insurance policy whether or not he's actually paying rent.In terms of liability coverage, that depends on what you have to protect so there's no one-size fits all approach.

It's crucial that we find a balanced approach.

Especially with a long-term hold approach.