The most successful investors I see tend to get laser focused on 1 or 2 strategies in 1 or 2 markets and they get really good at doing the same winning thing over and over. 

Tenant Turnover and Vacancy Rates Impact: Rent control tends to incentivize tenants to stay longer, as they benefit from paying below-market rents.

Real estate thrives on leverage since it tends to be a slow mover, which can be a double-edged sword. 

Many landlords on this forum miss this - they often tend to be conservative in their political values - conservative policies, in that sense that they are "landlord friendly" also tend to go hand in hand with policies that make adding new supply easy.

We have perfect feedback and Premier Host, and allow Instant book, but do not have a liberal cancellation policy and have some rules in place (4 day minimums, for example) and are not fighting the cheapo battle, and we tend to get somewhat buried in the search rankings.One of the things that really burns my *** about VRBO is that they allow the property owner to self select the type of property that it is rather than forcing it into where it belongs.

Indeed, the good ones I've used tend not to have a particularly high view of their colleagues in the industry

There's a really strong investor community which tends to be a great way to spread the word about existing Airbnbs coming for sale. 

Oct/Nov is good weather here but is slow, so I think in general weather is less important to me than is the times kids are out of school as we tend to host a lot of families.  2.

I am in Florida as well and I have learned over the last several years you have Agents that are great and do their due diligence and some that are brand new and tend to not know enough right out of the gate.

Life long Yorba Linda resident, because of the school system and safety Yorba Linda homes tend to rent out quickly.