Harder to finance.Less appreciation.Tenants that talk to easy other.Higher maintenance.Higher turnover.And you have 4 rents to collect, and most likely one will be late.Yes, you can get a bit better rent per price than you can with SFH, IF you can collect it.And not sure what a C neighborhood is, but not good enough.BTDT, gave my last one away..... years ago.

*** What do I need to do from a licensing standpoint to collect leasing commissions for vacancies my team leases up?

---> I think I will have some more questions when I get to this part on what to include and what not to include in the lease- Set up rent collection ---> Appreciate recommendation on which tool or site to use for thisGuys, this is my first time being a landlord, so I would really appreciate feedback, recommendations and forgive me for any dumb questions.

@Brian Garlington is spot on with verifying that rent is actually collected.  

There are tons of people who invest there with hundreds of years of collective experience.

When you have 1 house, you put the cash flow + your own $500 into the mortgage every month.When you have 5 houses, you are collecting $1000 per month.

 No chance this sticks, it’s just an attempt collect.  

We live in Illinois, and they do not charge income tax on 401K distributions, so I do not know if state taxes would also be reimbursed if you live in a state that collects income tax on this.Otherwise, we're good to go!

In our area we collect last months rent and a security deposit at lease signing as well as first months rent prior to move in; all as cash or cash equivalent. 

It is very nice on the inside and the plan would be that I live in it while collecting rent from the two units in the duplex.