Our experience underscored the reality that, in a nation where renters abound and multigenerational living is increasingly common, the challenge of overcoming prejudice and exclusion remains paramount.

I guess I'm asking how common this is; if I would have been successful in somehow negotiating out of that clause; and if I have ay options to remove PMI at all?

Other considerations things to look at include; are any utilities common (like paying for a boiler for all 4 units instead of individual furnaces), how does access/common areas work, do the tenants all have access to laundry, are there any common area utilities (light common area lights, electric or gas for laundry) that would stay in the owner name.  

Is it common for a broker to ask for an LOI before they can send you over the financials?

.- A common practice for terminating a partnership involves a "shotgun clause" - here it is.

These are all pretty common CC&Rs related to rentals in communities and have been around for decades.

Some of my buyers recently just put LVP over old hardwood. very common.

The first will require you to have another form of cash flow to sustain your lifestyle and future investing, commonly being a W2/1099 job.

Is it common to have cameras there?  

This is just one of the items available to them, there's a few other avenues to take but thought I'd mention the most common I've seen.