2) If you do owner-occupied cashout refi for best rate, you technically have to live in the home for 12 months before renting it out. * Some responders here may suggest not worrying about that and renting it out anyways.

One unvetted thought I’ve had for when I go live is to give VRBO a 1-2 week head start on our listing.

I own 3 SFR in Columbia MO (I live in KCMO) and was using property mgmt, but due to similar difficulties you faced, I opted to self manage and stopped using my mgmt company.

Quote from @Jemini Leckie: Hello,I live in a mountain west state, not California.

The lot works and ok with living in one unit, just trying to find people that have executed them in Los Angeles City.

Working horrible job, living horrible, no golden streets of opportunity found.

I invest in about a 50 mile radius from where I live.

I know we all got to make a living but....

U live a lifestyle not a job huge difference..

Many of the investors that I work with are from the West coast or the Northeast and it just doesn't make sense for them to invest around where they live.