I pay water ($130) and pest control.

Add the primary structure will be rent controlled if over 15 years old.  

(This is what scared me a lot) So in terms of BRRRing here you will need to find burnt down buildings to be able to make it work to bypass the rent control requirements.

I have been reading many books on finances, rentals, and real estate and feel this is an area I can have more "control" over my investment rather than placing it all in my 401k and hoping for the best. 

The Fed doesn’t control mortgage rates, but they do own mortgage bondsIt is often said, including by yours truly, that the Fed doesn’t control the long end of the yield curve.

We are cementing our growth strategy as a local and regional builder and looking to grow into subdivision development so we control more land but wanted to seek advice in the forums about this. 

Most of the reason I got into RE is because I control the asset.

I'm a partner at Launch Control and a former Batch user.

Now, I am going to tell you about what control you do not have and what control your syndicator has.

If you're only doing a couple or so transactions per year probably ok.On the other hand, you can have more control and eliminate the need to go through a custodian for investments by the use of checkbook IRA or Solo 401k.