Here are some benefits to think about:1.

Where as if you hop from one lender to the other yes they may offer 12% compared to 13% but is that 1% really going to benefit you more than building loyalty and trust with a company/lender that will save you 10% interest down the road?

One more thing, if your mentor doesn't own a title company, how are they benefiting?

What are the tax benefits in forming an LLC versus just private investing or incorporating.

The logical solution is that market rents be adjusted to account for landlords additional cost.  

I have heard of the benefits of house hacking, and certainly will be looking into that.

Private real estate offers many benefits to individual investors, such as high returns, portfolio diversification and tax efficiency.

It benefits both of you to have him move out, and upon a satisfactory inspection of the property, he gets his deposit back.

Who benefits from the Estate?

Long term commercial debt lenders make adjustments but does not generally follow that.For high quality assets i am currently seeing about 4.8 percent for 10 year debt. 5 year fixed I am seeing about 4.5%.If a life insurance company they can go lower on rates but want minimum 35% down and more picky on the properties to lend on.Seller financing can be great BUT just remember to not way overpay for an asset just to get that.