MI is the gold standard.and for pure passive being the bank in performing first trust deeds is about as good of mail box money as you can get.As the herd floods to rentals.. being the bank is looking more attractive for those wishing to let this uber hot market calm a tad.

I am not familiar with SC laws to know if they also have an entity level tax or whether their partnerships and LLCs are purely pass-through. 

While that is my personal goal and I will have various questions posted towards the bottom concerning house hacking, I would like to post a standard duplex deal (this deal is purely for education/learning purposes.. not an actual deal I am looking at purchasing) in order to get the BP community insight on if I am analyzing deals properly.

The wireless solution is not working well - batteries dying too often and complains that the bells just don’t work.  

I'd imagine an investor will have a lower ROI purely based on the price we need to purchase a property for, opposed to an agent that can list a property at multiple price points. 

Will the refinance lead to a full return of principal so that remaining distributions are pure gravy? 

You can argue that the lowest rates in history will support increase in sale price purely because one can afford more house. 

Part of the demands include rent control and "de-gentrification" of neighborhoodsI'm looking at this from a purely business perspective, irrespective of politics or ideals. 

That is what a lot of the gurus talk about, but it is pure fiction.

This property is officially the first part of our rental portfolio and brings in about $550 of pure cash flow each and every month!