The newer upstarts notoriously see doing this, nerfing down 1 fee to use as promotional material, while inflating others. 

You could like do this with much less risk, though, as investment property loans with no downpayment have notorious default rates. 

Sellers are notorious for not communicating any changes in their unit counts to avoid paying taxes.  

DCHA is notoriously awful to deal with and when I've had to be in touch it can take dozens of calls and emails before I get a response.

The only thing I'd add to Drew's post is that the city of Warren is notoriously difficult to work with from a landlord perspective.Everyone I know, and every client I've worked with, that's ended up investing there has complained about how picky they are on inspections... and that's putting it mildly.

I'd look at it like you're house hacking in a notoriously expensive market and your monthly rent is essentially the $1000 -$1100/month that you're coming out of pocket.

Influencers are notorious for this - everyone is selling some kind of course, RE, fitness, financial management etc. 

One bad tenant or setback and most are looking at a foreclosure or a never ending cycle of bad tenants because they're struggling with holding costs.Each angle has risks and benefitsOOS - low barrier to entry and able to better absorb those newbie lessonsLocal in CA - notoriously bad for businesses and landlords, high barrier to entry.Some do very well with OOS investing and some do well locally.

Also, tenants are notoriously hard on properties. 

Flat roofs are notorious for leaking my bet is the flat roof is the issue ,lots of times its where the flat roof meets the regular roof ?