It didnt't come easy.You may want to call a realtor and ask if they have an inspector they could recommend.Know that you're starting off with all the proof that your property is solid.Even with the best lease, California is full of tricks and anti landlord legislation.Join a landlord orginization that can help you with a basic lease.Fill it up with all the rules you can thnk of.

I know many of you are probably anti stock market and that's okay. 

Quote from @Jonathan R McLaughlin: @Zachary Inman yea, it has never been clear to me what problem the existence of crypto solves.And I believe the celebrities who made those commercials for it got paid in dollars :)Crypto is basically the anti-establishment movement.So they want the money to move from the old greedy pro-establishment institution to the new greedy anti-establishment institution lol :-)

Since this is your first rental and you'll be living there as an owner-occupant, you qualify for an exemption under FHA anti-discrimination laws.

Here is the list of the “dirty dozen” scams.Arrangements that are potentially abusive:Monetized Installment Sales: violation of anti-pledging lawsMaltese Treaty Benefits for Pensions: Misuse of treaty provisionsForeign Captive Insurance: abnormal pricing, implausible risks, the company has no business purpose for entering into the arrangementCharitable Remainder Annuity Trusts (CRATS): to eliminate taxable gainsFraud that is consumer focused:Anonymous Communications: Scammers with the intent of defrauding taxpayersOffer in Compromise (OIC) Mills: Companies that offer to settle your debt with IRS but leave you in a worse positionSpear Phishing: Pretending to be the IRSCOVID-Related Fraud: Identify theftHigh-Net-Worth ActivitiesHigh-Earner Failure to File: taxpayers with over $100k in income that fail to file tax returnsMicro-captive Insurance Arrangements: Nonexistent insurance coverageOffshore Accounts and Digital Assets: Hiding incomeSyndicated Conservation Easements: Unwarranted and inflated tax deductionsAs always, if something seems too good to be true, it most likely is.

I am not anti-PM but I am against the idea that managing a rental is so complicated that only a "professional" could do it for you.

In general, there is this huge "anti-permit" sentiment. 

Cash for keys is an awful technique unless you're in an area that is anti-Landlord.

Purchase price: $20,000 Cash invested: $115 Sale price: $25,000 Contributors: Cindy Carriger This house was owned by an elderly couple who had rented it to an "interesting" family that included one guy on anti-depressants, a Rottweiler, a pit bull, snakes, an iguana, and what looked like asbestos shingles on the exterior walls.

Is this an investor or business-facing publication that is genuinely interested in educating its audience and want to use info from real investors to do so or is this a publication with an anti-investor/anti-landlord bent looking to profile investors in a way that makes us look greedy and paint us as "responsible" for the housing crisis, rising home prices and rising rents?