A primary foundational component is the right to private ownership, including private property ownership, and all the accompanying rights of enjoyment, use and disposition of those assets. 

On some lists, this may be OK, but on others, unless you are the early bird, there will be no worm.The only appeal for me, on a product like PiN v4, is the time savings and postage savings (vis-a-vis their claims of providing valid email and phone numbers, but if it sucks at that, what exactly are you buying?

Whether titling is being done through Title Insurance or through Title Guarantee accompanied by Abstracting- Either way, the Attorney or company doing the insurance/guarantee will not give "CLEAR" title if the property is on Lis Pendens.

They must also be in a jurisdiction where a lady-bird deed wouldn't take care of the Medicaid issues.

Make they clean, indestructible and low maintenance and you will be sitting in the cat bird's seat.Oh by the way 22 years at 650 per month average = $171,600 in rent before expenses! 

The idea for the househack I would love as a starting point especially because it kills two birds with one stone.

The good part is that you kill 2 birds with one stone by locating deals plus learning your market as you drive it over and over. 

Debt is awfully cheap right now and locking in a fixed mortgage in the 3s over the long term is no small thing.But yeah, @Bill Brandt is almost certainly right, its pretty hard to beat the primary property tax benefit and you are looking at a pretty big bird in the hand.

Is the mentor willing to JV with you and have you on the HUD1 with OPM and not just be their bird/dog with a referral fee?

A bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.