They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.

This is the heart of the reason housing isn't mroe affordable, that landlords bear these types of costs every day.You could probably find cheaper labor, especially to haul away the junk, but not easily as an out of state investor. 

Only in community property states, can an LLC with only husband and wife as members elect to treat their LLC as a disregarded entity, which means all LLC income and expenses are reported on either Schedule C or Schedule E (as appropriate) as if the LLC did not exist.

My plan is to sell my primary home in New York and purchase a house to live in South Carolina.

I currently have a house I am renovating that should be worth around 210k-240k and rent for $1,800 - $2,000 in May.

The house has been on the market for 26 days when we made an offer. 

If they notice you have another house and your debt to income can't cover it.

On the other hand, many landlords were able to obtain low mortgage rates during the historically low interest rate environment during the Pandemic, allowing them to offer a much more attractive housing cost to renters.

For myself hands down the fastest way to get to Fi is via house hacking. 

Condo or house I am open to either, as long as it can be a reliable rental.