Second, I look at listing photos and Google Earth Street View to assess the condition further.Third, I determine a rehab scope and run it by my agent.I have my agent, inspector, and contractor walk the property together.

Once you’ve got the basics down, networking is key.

Basically we are looking to reduce our risk and if it defaults understand we would be coming after everything and anything.

Just looking for something basic. 

Basically the EV charging gets spread out at times of day when there's capacity.Happy to set anyone in the SF Bay Area up with that. 

I also learned that a management company is basically useless. what states are “landlord friendly”  

Perhaps a strategy to explore would be to buy in cash, exploit the buying power and get a better deal, stabilize the property over 12 months, have a better assessment of the properties expenses, then finance the property. 

There will always be some uncontrollable variables because you’re dealing with both the human element with renters and houses are basically living creatures themselves and it’s not always possible to predict when big expenses will arise.

From my basic understanding it would make sense to change it to a rental and then do the remodel so I can claim depreciation on my cost, is this correct or not? 

Now I'm re-entering the game, with the basic goal of assembling a $3 million portfolio of rental properties, with a focus on midterm rentals.