The downside is the Mortgage insurance that is there for the life of the loan however once you reach 80% LTV you can refinance into a conventional which will remove the Mortgage insurance.If the plan is to get a non-owner occupied loan then you will need 15% for a 1 unit or 25% down 2-4 unit.

I explained I owned the house, showed a copy of my Certificate of Title and advised I wanted them to witness me removing the new locks and replacing them with my own. 

I refinanced the home and was able to remove PMI, lower my payment slightly, and pull out about 22k in equity, one year after purchasing the house.

Some new ones have a gel substance that gets heated up and allows electrical to shut off until it needs to be reheated again, unlike old electric baseboard that would radiate for hours wasting electricity.

Two days is pretty cheap, but compensating them removes them saying later "remember when that generator broke" because you can say "remember when you didn't pay rent for either day it was broke". 

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Redid everything, completely new electrical, new plumbing. removed a few walls. new kitchen.

Two months later the bank removed the other couple from the deed and all partnership documents through their lawyers.

This is why I removed the security deposits and placed them in a separate account that only I have access to.1.

Since you're making bigger bucks than renting to non-contracted tenants you might not mind that they waste energy.