The units will last longer that way and it mitigates bickering about laundry schedules, etc. 

At best, it's a wash. there are types of loans and lenders that won't loan on a property owned by an LLC.- "makes it easier for multiple investors to partner up and split the equity"plausibly true.

What are the locations of the baths, kitchen and laundry?  

Is it must provide laundry and a dryer machine for tenants or let them buy their own ?

I used to lay cement board and ceramic tile in potential wet areas - kitchen, bath, laundry.

We moved the kitchen, the kitchen became the master and added a bathroom, turned the main bath into a powder room and laundry room, put the wall back up between the bedrooms.

All self-contained units (kitchen, laundry, entrances)Yes it is hard to find properties to meet the 1% rule, but that is just a preliminary metric.

Plus, I rent those to special needs tenants that don't have a lot of stuff and like having everything including the laundry on one level.

., no hanging your dirty laundry in public spaces)  Also, make sure you talk to them about how they will get any security deposit refund back.

I'm planning to provide private assisted living with both full/part time care takers, full time cook, part time nurse, exercise equipment, laundry service, library and transportation.