SF South Bay Area Advice on renting out house

[Katy L.]

There was a great article on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

However, hoping to find some local advice in the bay area (We're in South bay Cupertino/Sunnyvale area).  We are exploring leasing it out ourselves and property mgmt remotely.

Would great appreciate any local advice what's been successful, questions such as:

1) Where did you list the rental (Craiglist and Zillow?) How long in advance? 

2) Examples of listing verbiage - what to really emphasize that catches the right tenants

3) How long to set the appointments (15 min increments?)

4) Include lawn service? pets?

5) Resource guide for laws of tenants/landlords (What landlord legally responsible for)

6) Handling repairs remotely (Small items from replacing light bulbs to emergency situations - water/electricity/etc)

7) Finding a tenant that could be more self sufficient (need to embed any language in the contract?)

Greatly appreciate any tips, recommendations and what's really worked well for you!