I don't want a person with two assault/battery misdemeanors living in my property. 

Definitely seek out legal counsel because this sounds like they're planning an illegal eviction, but again, that is purely speculative. 

Banking purely on appreciation feels too much like speculating to me, but if I can realize 30%+ NWROI via a house hack with an expected appreciation of 0%, then that starts to look a lot more compelling, especially when I do have the expectation that the property will appreciate (and as long as you're willing to deal with the intangible negatives, like reduced flexibility, property management, dealing with tenants, etc.).Having said all that, I presently have a property under contract in Morristown which is rented for 1% of the purchase price and cash flows well, but that's because one of the units is a 5BR which is rented by the room - a very unusual, risky, and potentially high-maintenance situation.

You can delete, add, check deadbolt battery life and manage who goes in and out with passwords through the wink app.

Just wanted to let you know that this scenario is purely hypothetical.

If you are purely interested in profit, I don’t recommend it, but if, as you say, you want to use it yourself, buy the best deal you can find and then enjoy it.

If so you need batteries to store your energy. 

However, for every few dollars I invest in a top tier area like my own, I also want to invest a dollar or so for some more pure cash flow.

We are building a property management software that purely serves real estate needs.

For us, it's purely simpler to have all properties being accounted for in the same entity.