This LLC collects the rent and signs the leases, and handles the maintenance requests.

Here are just a few:* They cannot afford to purchase a home or simply do not want to buy a home* They do not want to rent a SFR since it may required the tenant to take care of some maintenance* They are in transition in their life (ex. recently divorced, just changed jobs, and etc)* Some people have rented all of their life and that is all they knowThere are so many other reasons here, I would not worry about the reasoning why.

How old is this property and what does the HOA cover in maintenance and capx expenses. 3% probably won't cut it.

I maintain the properties, have any maintenance requests timely and properly performed, didn't raise any rents in 2020 or 2021 due to Covid, but gifts for the tenants? 

Low maintenance duplex.

Living in a house as a renter is only different from living in one as a homeowner in that who ultimately maintains responsibility for maintenance and repairs.

As a result, I am currently unable to make a routine capable of producing consistent results until I know exactly who I should be talking to.

A true landlord is there during maintenance because they are the ones doing it. 

(Details: $175 interest only payment; purchase price around $60k, rent around $675, property management fees, out of state purchase, no rehab required; ongoing maintenance etc)ORCash out refi nets me $180k cash.

This will give you a few options with each property you look at.On the buy and hold side, taxes, closing costs (including commissions), repairs and maintenance, capex, insurance, and property management fees are always included in the analysis.BiggerPockets has some decent calculators for buy and hold and flipping.