The landlord would be putting themself at risk by failing to apply consistent approval criteria for their rental applicants, which is what Fair Housing law is all about.

However, California may not be the most favorable state for investment due to various reasons such as rent control, anti-landlord legislation, high costs, and high taxes.In this post, I will provide a straightforward process for selecting a city where:Rents outpace inflation: Inflation consistently erodes the purchasing power of a fixed amount of money.

Aside from that responsiveness, transparency, and consistency should be at the top of your list.

The thing about flips is that they are ‘one trick ponies”… you only make money once - when you sell them - then you have to start over and find a new one, whereas rentals deliver their income month after month, year after year.We have done 6 flips and own 37 rentals.  

Pay a vagrant to collect and store the crap for 1 year and then deliver it to them wrapped up as a present.Frank

The person I spoke with excited me about the possibilities; however, when it came time to deliver our XML file of properties, they quit responding, much like ShowMojo, making me think that they were not yet live.

Once you do have a good, consistent contractor you work well with you can also try to have them buy into the deal so they get a percentage of the profits and they put money in the deal.

The other thing I have gotten a lot of good feedback on is being almost overly communicative, and always answering guest messages and offering to bring a handyman out, a cleaner out, or have a Walmart + order delivered THE SECOND there's an issue. 

While PP is likely higher than the Midwest we’re seeing loads of consistent appreciation and you can still find deals that cash flow $250-$300/unit after all expenses figured in.

We, thankfully, had a friend of a friend connect us to a delivery person, who directly picked up flooring and delivered to us, then we worked with flooring company to get a credit back on price.Or, we did Ikea cabinets, which came with both more pieces than we ordered, and not all the pieces we ordered.