- you are the only one that can determine the correct path for you but with your contacts and desire to scale, value adds should be evaluated.  

In the end, you still for a CA property that is likely very desirable and holds values very well with high appreciation potential.

For example, if you’re a first-time buyer wanting to see 3 different cities, low down payment Ioan, no real idea of what you’re looking for, and need to lose 3+ offers before you’ll listen to my professional opinion on offer price & terms, you’re going to be paying me a lot more than an informed cash buyer looking in a specific neighborhood that listens to my advice so we quickly win the bidding wars we still have with lack of inventory in desirable neighborhoods.

If you can do Cash or a cash partner that would be best to get through the process without putting yourself into a less desirable outcome on ROI.

I have a strong conviction this area will turn around in 5,10, maybe 15 years and soon become highly desirable.

I wish it let me stroll through each day going back as far as I desire, but it does not.   

It can help maintain or increase property value, appeal to a wider range of guests, and contribute to overall guest satisfaction and loyalty.Overall, hiring a professional designer for your short-term rental can elevate the guest experience, improve occupancy rates and profitability, and position your property as a desirable option in the competitive vacation rental market.

I therefore had a big desire to keep them both as furnished rentals (so we could continue to use the units when desired). 

So you have a single family dwelling.If your duplex is the only one in the area it is more desirable in that setting than if it were in a neighborhood of duplexes.

Not being able to send them packing at the end of the term is going to make things more challenging not to mention making life miserable to the quality tenants living next to these less than desirable characters.The law was billed as reducing unnecessary evictions (those without cause).