Having just helped my daughter to buy her first rental property, a few things came to mind when reading this post.

His reason for wanting to buy is because "he wants to control who lives next door to his daughter and granddaughter".

So with the surprise of how expensive windows would be and going ahead with the install, I made a mental note that I would be the one taking care of mowing the yard to protect my precious expensive windows...As part of their rental agreement, I included mowing.

After that, it depends on your mentality.  

I do have a wife and a 1 year old daughter so house-hacking into another 2/3 unit property doesn’t sound too appealing, however, we are willing to sacrifice living in a 1 bedroom condo for the time being (better privacy but smaller). 

Hello fellow investors, I own 2 homes, one is mine, one is my daughters with me on the title.

However, your point of view that "not your forever home" does help with my mentality.

I wish I knew the fearless mentality.

I understand the mental hurdles of it.

Find out they have a pitbull mix and the tenant cannot sign lease due to mental illness and PM is unsure how they signed in the first place. 2-month delay in signing the lease extension, no pitpull mix on-premise.Both properties were purchased sub 4% financing.