The goal is to determine whether the government accurately adjusts DoD Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates and to develop a predictive model to calculate possible future BAH rates for specific locations.We have pulled rental data from Zillow and historical BAH rates from the DoD.

Myself I think if one wants to get into real estate in CA you get into the bizz you get licensed so you can legally collect fee's you put in the hard work like most wholesalers have to now..

Everyone that has more than 1 or 2 properties should have some kind of basic spreadsheet that demonstrates how much that property is bringing in after all your fixed costs are accounted for, at a minimum - PITI, lawn care, HOA fees, etc.

in our area that is a real big deal.. we did another demo and left a few pieces of flooring an inspector came on our job determined they had asbestos in them and we violated taking asbestos items to the regular land fill.. that cost me 19k in fines and 18k in lawyer fees to keep the fines from being really big..

., and in your analysis account for slightly higher PM fees.  

The only good use I can see of the fees are based on rent charged would be for a tenant to purchase it and charge themselves $0 or near $0 rent to avoid the rent based charges. 

As far as how much you pull out it depends on terms.

SECTION 8 ANALYSISSection 8 Rent permitted            $1785.30Subtract Utility Allowance             - 468.00    Actual Rent Charged               $1317.30Subtract Mortgage                         - 500.00Subtract Prop Mgmt Fee               - 131.73Subtract Taxes (20%)                     - 263.46Subtract 10% Vacancy                   - 131.73Subtract 10% Cap Ex                      - 131.73            CASHFLOW TO US             $ 158.65STANDARD LEASE ANALYSISMonthly rent (asking amt

You can certainly leave money in your BRRRR - it doesn't have to be the "perfect" BRRRR that so often is talked about where you pull all of your investment out and then some and therefore have infinite returns.

Generally, this type of counseling might have a little fee to it but it's well worth it if it protects you (and them).