Tenant handles all utilities and lawncare.

Ask your lender how they handle it.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Fewer still actually show-up to deliver the value in-person. 

I also have personal W2 income, if that matters.Is there a loan out there for a set-up like this at 15% down? 

.: My question is… Do people promote buying rentals due to some sort of  personal benefit/conflict of interest?

For me, I could handle the increase in cost and still pay much less than If I got a 4/2 SF.

I do not care what the source of the return is  Historically the highest return is via a value add and appreciation and is more so recently due to the recent rate increase versus earlier this century (before 2022).However, most new RE investors cannot handle extended periods of large negative cash flow.  

If you are sole member LLC you just take a distribution from your business account to your personal account.You are likely already reporting the income on a schedule E.

The answer to this question is really a personal one.