During those 6 months, we could write off 100% of improvements (we pointed and painted the brick, etc).So my opinion is if money isn't an issue, and you don't need financing (or the difference in financing options is negligible), definitely rent to yourself, so you can take any improvements as expenses.And yes, at least in the state of Montana, it is legal to rent to yourself (but I'm not an attorney!)

I took them to court where I won with the judge saying “their bookkeeping practices are negligent at best and their attitude about it appalling”.They of course are now appealing and continue to try to bully me away.  

Not sure if anyone has insurance that covers tenant negligence as well as vandalism.

In some states, the parents of the minor are only liable if they are gross negligent, i.e.  

The real-estate market will be negligibly affected, in the states that are most reactive to this scare, while other states that are more measured and objective in handling it, will experience no negative impact at all, rather they might experience a positive impact from the fed lowering of interest rate.

Their sales director, Tyler Fenn, and their chief executive Mark, for whom this outfit refuses to provide a last name, are negligent and contemptuous in the extreme.

If you take care of your properties and are properly insured you won't need the protection of an LLC, however, if you have an LLC and are negligent, a good attorney will be able to "pierce" the LLC and go after you personally anyway.I spread my properties out because I have different goals with each of the separate businesses and I want some privacy.

The up front cost is would be negligible if I was already super rich anyway. 

So, by the time the clown caused MAJOR damage to the building through total negligence, he had ZERO coverage!

The numbers you've presented don't paint a very attractive picture, and if any of these other issues factor in, your profit would end up being negligible.