Mia - I've seen someone else post about this revision to the UC rent control measure but can't find anything on the city's website. 

The state doesn’t have rent control laws, but landlords are prohibited from collecting more than one month’s rent for security deposits.

It gives you better control over the process and helps you really understand the market.

If you are investing in a distant market there should be even greater reasoning behind the investment because you have less control and therefore even greater risk no matter what anybody tries telling you. 

The goal is legitimate: due to complex tax rules, you have opportunities to game the system by selling some of your investments and intentionally generating either gains or losses.

I probably won’t structure my next deal this way, I would rather just own the property and have more control of the project.

To process a new owner payment the system takes an extra week or two.

@Eric Chappell - just started a trial to check on rentalhero and it's not a complete accounting system.

To streamline the process, I want to ensure applicants qualify before scheduling a viewing.It would be beneficial to implement an AI-based system to consistently and efficiently ask prospective tenants the pre-screening questions I currently ask repeatedly.

I think from all my years around these investments where most investors get in trouble is they simply do not realize that once they made the investment they no longer have any control.