Further, you may have a situation in which it changes the parking requirement etc.

Quote from @Chris Park: Whoever gave you that advice was wrong.

Top suburbs for house hacking include East Point, Decatur, College Park, Lithonia / Stonecrest, Mableton, and Smyrna / Vinings.

I was scared to even park in these places.

Enjoy the beautifully landscaped backyard with a covered patio, pool, spa, and RV parking.

Which is why there are more Chinese people parking their capital here than the other way around, and same goes for Russians with Western Europe. 

Indoor parking will surely be a bonus. 

So you're not really comparing apples to apples here.Also, most likely the syndication/crowdfunding deal you are comparing to is a completely different real-estate asset class than single family (i.e. probably multi-family,office, self storage,mobile home parks or something else).

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

So here it goes....I bought first single family home (2000sqft) 2 yrs ago in Cedar Park, TX area during peak of market craze at 5% 30yr fixed for around $540k (spent about 10K more replacing hvac etc) with monthly payment of $3600-$4000 and the market corrected sharply to a point comparable homes are not selling even for 440k with a nice pool in them.