Accessible from California.

Tricky, to get people to move in, it would need to be accessible to transportation, town...but the city has not accepted them so much legally as a living space.  

If you're unfamiliar with the area or market, or if you don't have access to data, you're probably missing out on making more $$. 

I had to build fences along my driveway accessing a drive under garage, because the retaining wall was more than 30" tall (standard building code item) but these properties were built in the 40s/50s and never had a fence there until I rented Section 8 and they required it.From a tenant perspective, I never had any of the issues James notes.

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I also was allowed access to the Left Main onboarding videos that clearly showed the buildout was, indeed, completely different than what I was requesting. 

Is the area easy to access in the winter?

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Passive landlord is a long game enter anytime stay for decades and most will do just fine.Active engagement same thing enter anytime and your reward is how hard you work identifying the hot ticket at the time  access to capital etc etc..