.- As others have stated, total cost to maintain your license annually is ~$2,000 worst case, depending on your brokerage setup, etc.

The IRS is just as concerned of the participant paying a higher rate which can be seen as a way to exceed the solo 401k annual contribution rules or to get more funds into the plan.  

My thoughts are to get them on a 6 month lease in Nov. at $1100/mo, and then start an annual lease In June, whIch Is a more favorable tIme to fInd tenants vs. the wInter In MN.

When it is paid off, the place should generate ~$25K in cash flow annually, which will be a big help when I retire.

@Jesse Liu Strongly questionable whether an LLC would be worth it for your wife's music business making $3k annually.  

Again, this number may not seem like much but I don’t think it looks that bad: this investment basically gives me the opportunity to put to work an amount at an annualized rate of 9% for 30 years.

1) they charge points to a) increase the yield...3 points for 6 month loan is another 6% annual yield, not 3%.  

Traditional housing grew at an average annual rate of 3.8% while manufactured housing averaged out at 3.4%.According to the Urban Institute article, this is the first year the FHFA has released this kind of data on manufactured housing.

Depends on your goals, your timeline, the amount of money you are planning on investing, the cash flow it generates, if you are married or single, your annual income, your tolerance for "tenants, turmoil & toilets", and a couple of other things.

To their defense now S8 in Houston is on a bi-annual inspection, which should help some.