Purchasing in your name might be simpler and cheaper upfront, but you’d be personally liable for any legal issues.

Most banks allow you to export the full year of activity to excel.If you are not comfortable using excel - you should reach out to your accountant if he/she has a bookkeeper on staff and how much it would cost them to do your books.It may be cheaper overall for your accountant to do it if you just need the books to be done once a year instead of on a monthly basis.Furthermore, this saves you from having to pay for the software.

It's possible to find cheaper options but make sure you evaluate the coverages offered.

Plus it creates a taxable event and gives the bank the right to enforce the due on sale clause if they want to, because title changes hands again. 

@Garrett Matthew Hester By taking a cash out refi, I don't see a scenario where anything is "cheaper" than what you have given the higher interest rates. 

. - Aggressive strategy will buy a cheaper house, which is why it results in bigger cash on cash ROI.

If you want to move to a cheaper area do that, find a job there and do the house hack strategy

I live in Tampa FL and housing prices are ridiculously expensive and from a basic research I’m pretty sure I could build cheaper.

Duplex can always add additional units via the ADU laws. 8) Related to number 1, purchasing a property with an existing ADU is cheaper than buying a property and adding an ADU.

@Saika Maeda Permitting the ADU allows you to claim depreciation, operating expenses, and other tax deductions, potentially reducing your taxable rental income.