Furthermore, I'm eager and motivated to ditch the 9-to-5 along with that rough commute to spend more time with family and to be in direct control of my income. 

I stick with gas for cooking, as the temperature is more easily controlled.

This also yields tenants more interested in eventually owning a home ("well, we will need to buy a fridge in 3 years anyways, once our down payment is saved... may as well get it out of the way"), meaning they have plans to move out in 2-3 years, thus auto-solving my problems with rent control.

As for the convenience of paying investment related expenses, the Solo 401k could have checkbook control built in without the need for an additional LLC owned by the retirement account.

I would like to know if anyone in here knows what there STRAWMAN is and if so have you taken control of it through filling a UCC-1 form?

Usually, you have a defined amount of time to control the house (say 2 to 5 years).

Points to consider;- I do not see any maintenance budget included; appliances, leaks, landscaping, pest, trash, snow, etc.- Capital Reserve for roof, heating systems, AC(?)

See what needs to happen for you to buy or at the very least gain managing control of the entity (assuming there is no clause in the lenders docs or operating agreement of the entity that prohibits this).Its a long shot but you may get some valuable experience from this.

We just installed one in our personal home and like the way it works,, got a Nest brand.We had a 3 story 6 plex and had same set up when we put in a new boiler we made the control for thermostat in the basement under our control. 

This property is in another state and I want to be able to control access remotely.