I know your looking at the investor  for source information which makes up the basic audience here.I think you should check with several lenders/mortgage brokers and see what they are looking for as well.I was working on one single family rental to four and the loan side took the most work.Identifying the targets in the first 45 days was easy. 

I'm sure there's some logic behind it and I conceptually get the "large 1031 deal" but don't get the "why" on the other mixes. 

As a logical thinker, I wonder where the hell we're going to get the water for all those people... but if we solve that problem it seems quite plausible.

Maybe you're the type who has a big heart and wants to help these people if you can.But here's the truth... big hearts just get in the way when you're trying to make logical business decisions.I'm kind of the same way...

It's a critical exercise in understanding your assumptions and taking them to their logical conclusions.

I’m a non-US citizen looking to invest and Turnkey seems to be the safest most logical option and I’m trying to find the safest company to go with.Would appreciate it if someone could please direct me to either that podcast or a list of the best Turnkey companies.

If not your only logical choice is to sell.

I feel as though house hacking is a logical and relatively low risk way to enter the real estate world. 

I'm wondering if the reason is because our qualifications are too strict, we're not marketing to the right audience somehow, or if there just aren't many qualified people looking for a place to rent this time of year.I'd love to hear methods that have worked for some of you in finding tenants. 

The first piece of advice that I would give you is to recognize your audience- I would imagine the overwhelming majority of people on this forum would push you toward buying property vs index funds due to the topic of BP.