Does anyone have any referrals for property managers in the Los Angeles area who specialize/ have experience in mid term rentals? 

@Brandon Stelling As a military veteran with 100% VA disability benefits, you can leverage VA home loans to purchase properties with no down payment, no PMI, and favorable terms, including multi-family properties for house hacking. 

Long term, your property is going to up in value; likely way up.

Look at DSCR loans for more competitive terms.

Tenants are stable long term residents, and property is located in a desirable school district.

Let's roughly say running electric line is $10kInstalling underground propane tank 1000gal is $10kWhat's your experience heating with gas vs electric in terms of warmth?

Those were the situations where I was looking for ways to make it work.Don’t come out the gate haggling, or even discussing the terms at all.

AirDNA shows it on the rise in terms of annual revenue, occupancy rate, average daily rate and revpar, with about 3,000 total listings.

What are your loan terms?

Actual cost takes into account depreciation so complete destruction of a property could leave you under water in terms of the amount paid for the loss.