Those couple hours of research will save you hundreds of hours of time down the line, so it's well worth the effort.

It’s also worth connecting with a property manager and contractor early, even if you don’t need them right away.

Asking $600k and worth about $500k. 

Being a Realtor and GC, having developed tens of millions of dollars worth of properties in Redding, I KNOW this market, the areas, etc.

If i sell my SFR rental for $450k and equity is, for example, $200k...Can i invest 100k into a new SFR worth $275k and invest the remaining 100k into a sponsored DST or TIC (which deals are usually multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Thus, when a foreclosure sale is held, you can set the bid amount up to the amount of the total debt, which would likely increase from 80K to include the legal fees, receivership costs(we suggest 5 - 10% of the rents collected), repair costs, additional accrued interest, minus rents collected.

Typically if demand increases and supply is maintained prices go up. 

If damages are about $4,000, would you take your tenants to small claims court, or is it not worth it and why?

By making yourself an asset, you’ll increase the chances of someone taking you under their wing.Use BiggerPockets to connect locally.

If your tenant has a credit score worth maintaining they will not want an uncollected judgment to be on it.