These folks smell your desperation, your newness and can easily emotionally manipulate you by dangling an allusion of their wealth in front you.

Some of the information that I have seen recommends creating a separate C-Corp Property Management company which then executes a Master Lease agreement with the underlying properties held by LLCs. 

You need to separate 'investors' from 'workers.'

What if he says it’s an emotional support dog?  

I'm a big fan of house hacking SFHs with separate living areas, kitchens, and entrances.

The units are 6 duplexes so separating them is doable to an investor for longer term gain but not in our cards because the bank loan and their unwillingness to let us pay off the loan one sell at a time until our loan is satisfied.

The adapter(s) needs to be ordered separately, usually from the same supplier.Hope this helps ...

Gas prices in itself are an emotional talking point, but I believe most people don't drive enough to make a real impact on their budget.

How about doing 2 separate mortgage calculations on this thing: https://www.biggerpockets.com/... and then adding them together?

My number one advice would be to separate out those who "Want a Date" types from those "Want to invest ONLY to make money".Mix those strings up and things could get very complicated and uncomfortable--b/c you know some of them are out there.What I'm saying is try to keep business and personal as separate as possible.Just my 2 cents.