For more info, check out the law itself AB968: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB968/id/2764362 https://www.car.org/riskmanagement/qa/New-Laws/2024-New-LawsAll of the "owner-builder" folks that would get permits for work and then hire unlicensed, uninsured, discount companies to do the work for as cheap as possible will pivot. 

Loosening some of that up or at least streamlining the process and hiring more people in those departments so that it doesn't take a year to get a building permit would be better than wasting time trying to convert unbuildable federal land into new housing developments.

Many are jacks of all trades and will charge you to learn to do what you hired them for.

I don't have a judgementDo you have to hire a lawyer if the tenant has already Vacated? 

This includes hiring an inspector to check for structural problems, arranging for a pest inspection, and getting a professional appraisal to ensure the property's value matches the bank's asking price.

My family also goes to the Gulf Shores area of Alabama each year, and virtually every listing I've seen there is Sat-Sat during the summer.I would suggest Sat-Sat because I think that works with more people's M-F work schedule. 

If you're not comfortable with the eviction process, hire an attorney.https://guides.sll.texas.gov/landlord-tenant-law/eviction-pr... 

Save the money, clean it till it shines, maybe basic improvements like a few new light fixtures or at least matching/bright lightbulbs, maybe a few new faucets, some paint touch ups and sell.If you’re hiring a Realtor®, they can tell you pricing in current condition versus pricing with a few minor changes.

They just charge you top prices and then they wanna hire drug addicts to work in your house for 100/day. 

I'd like to understand them enough to at least be able to hire someone to help me.