No - we are not interested in buying our current house ... while the home is lovely for us now ... the location isn't optimal.  

You can only control eviction as a cause of the turnover this way; the choices a tenant might make (job change, getting married or divorced, having kids and needing more space, etc) are still beyond your control and some of those choices will give you turnover.These circumstances don't make careful screening any less valid a way to optimize profitibilty whether it be due to turnover, property damage, time spent collecting late rent, etc. there is no point in investing a bunch of cash or leverage to maximize rents if you are not adhering to landlording 101.

It will only optimize your returns and YOUR pockets can become bigger instead of the BANKS/LENDERS pockets. .

Currently I send them an optimized map of all the homes I need them to review.  

But like Jon says, I am compromising my home, instead of optimizing it for the best rent.

Overall, we made money, learned a LOT MORE lessons than the first deal.I now optimize my REI for minimizing effort and involvement on my part.  

That would be optimal.

Paying corporate tax on rental income is certainly something you can do, but it is not an optimal approach.To simplify, running a services business works in a ROBS.

Total added renovation costs $25,000.Obviously not optimal, and my first major hiccup in the state.  

I will solve it to the best of my ability, but I don't expect optimization or perfection, only that it is repeatable and reproducible by many people in many lifestyles.