I'm in the process of trying to buy my first unit and I thought I knew what I was doing until I started researching a little more and learned I have no clue.

Do you want to solve headaches?

Still not sure if that would solve the problem but some logical steps to do which I have figured till now.

This would solve all of your issues: you can arrange a direct deposit of the rent proceeds into your 401k trust bank account, you document all deposit internally as plan administrator, you get rid of the custodian fees and all the 'red tape' that comes with it, AND since your property is leveraged you would get rid of UBIT on the income that is derived from the financed portion of the property. 

i agree, a simple excel macros and an api call should solve your problem.with that being said if you have no programming experience, it isn't all that simple.

For a discount on a property now a days, you have to be able to solve a problem.

We need problems to solve.  

But after 7 years...a new stove will solve the problem and mend your landlord-tenant relationship. 

(Assuming that the degree is in demand.)But for me it's a very simple problem to solve.

As an Engineer, I am constantly asked to solve problems for clients in order to make a process/function more effective.