The patent on the 30 year with taxes and insurance was 3900 or so.   

.- CA has near fixed property tax. - There are cheap ways for you to enter your local market due to OO financing that is not available OOS. 

Now, this would obviously be negatively cash flowing since you would need to pay taxes and insurance.

I'm looking for the cleanest & most visible way to access payment history, see amortization schedule, tax documents, etc- much like bank softwares provide. 

-While rent would be more expensive month by month, the idea of being able to take my equity out of my home and also being able to reduce annual repair costs, property taxes, etc. does seem appealing to me. 

He will get around $3,100 tax free Base housing allowance and will have $150,000 he can put down.  

I always like to look at several years worth of property taxes.

After two years of occupancy, qualifying for the tax exemption, and benefiting from appreciation, we chose to sell and reinvest the funds.

One time when I bought on owner financing, I totally forgot that I didn't have property taxes included in my interest-only payments to the seller. 

Using Zelle, CashApp, etc. makes your taxes harder and it's all not in a system.