The challenge I think he will face going with several 6/3's over a MF is that renting by the room is management-intensive, hard to scale, some areas have occupancy limits, and the biggest challenge which contributes to the scalability is probably that there seems to be extremely limited inventory of 6+/3+'s or even 5/2's with basement apartments for under $500k anywhere in Denver metro (correct me if I'm wrong Craig!). 

Interested to see how your deal plays out, keep posting!

We have a portfolio that we self manage, some that we hand over to property managers and we are doing some debt plays. 

It may be the most common professional background I meet (among non-pure play real estate folks).

They are insanely helpful in calculating and playing around with numbers.

Either he does not know the IRS rules, or he does and is playing a common Wall Street game of hoping that you don't and will trust his misdirection.  

The kind of analytical thinking you learn studying computer science plays well in lots of fields.

BP user docs have always played a key part of all the deals I've done since 2011.

hahaSFRs are a long term play.

I sure as heck would not want to take on a Deontay Wilder as an part timer : ) Just playing.