He has concerns  about the maintenance, property taxes etc,  so maybe another option would be for me  to buy it and rent it  to him. 

The development is expected to bring thousands of permanent jobs and promote sustainability, including eco-friendly features like walking paths and tree plantings.

Are you concerned with losing the bookings or the listings?

Interesting article about “Squatters’ Rights” in California; how they originated and their intended purpose vs. how they are currently being taken advantage of.California's Squatter's Enable Tenancy Rights After Just 30 Days, Raising Concerns Among Property Owners About Housing Security

The only concern I have is the laminate wood flooring.It is a 140K house.

Some of the things I am concerned about are the carpets (older, cheap carpet to begin with), windows (do not open and close well), painting (do all the walls need to be painted white?

I think an LLC for each property is over kill but it may make sense if each of your properties has a lot of equity in them.It is best to bring your litigation concerns to an attorney and insurance agent to see if they would be able to solve them with either an entity or added insurance coverage.

So far, so good as far as I'm concerned.

We are in the process of becoming permanent residents (still a 1 to 3 year process for us), which kind of limits us with regards to loan and financing options. 

I like the idea of tracking every seller interaction in one place, but now I’m concerned we might end up with way too many properties in our CRM over time.For those of you who use platforms like PropStream or ListSource, are you calling and mailing directly off those lists without uploading them to your CRM?