The HML covered 100% of the $32,500 rehab budget through drawbacks.Refinance: Post-rehab, I refinanced into a primary mortgage, creating 25.5% equity in the property.Future Financing: I plan to leverage the property with a HELOC to access up to $86,000 in capital for future deals.

It's always going to be easy to look back and wish you would've invested in year X.100%!!

its unfortunately not going to be as easy as googling, but that might get you a list to start with and refine.  

To make things as easy as possible, I send a monthly Zelle request about a week before the rent is due.

Painting and flooring are super easy.

Yes , I was hoping I would have enough to start my real estate journey in LA but Im starting to see it might not be as accessible as I thought 

Unless you have some sort of subject matter expertise or access to an unfair advantage (cheap labor, ways to source off market deals, etc.), index funds are likely to provide an equal or better return with a MUCH lower hassle factor and more liquidity.

In my experiences, it really comes down to the tenants that create either a management headache or a super easy investment.

It will be easy for you to check if they paid on time, as you can check instantly online.  

I would say definitely do not in almost all cases because it's very easy to manage one property.