Think about it and put yourself in the shoes of the investor. 

Reason I like Brandon is that he makes it clear that this is not an easy business by any means and you need to put the work in.

I purchased them assembled and shipped (didn't trust the contractor to put them together). 

As both of these cities continue to grow, more and more focus is being put on developing the areas that surround these cities. 

I also have a trust that I'd like to put the LLC under.Any advice on which llc to choose? 

I am putting about 20% of my wealth in it total, not everything.     

This would not be an ideal situation for any tenant and I feel I need to put the idea of house hack aside unless I can find a unique property that has multiple standalone units, one large enough for my Brady Bunch and potentially several other units to offset the note.

The proper comparison is discounting that $337k on a 5 year term at a seven percent per year discount, then further discounting the end result by the risk of default and cost of having to foreclose, together with the risk that my buyer either trashed the place or put a tenant in there that now I have to evict (and is another trashing risk).The net difference may not be worth the aggravation. 

Found on MLS, put in an offer with loan at asking and then had increasing limit up to 12,000 over asking.

This is a great way to be able to put down a smaller down payment for an investment property.