Of course the listed price may not be the actual rented price, but by tracking several listings for a while you can gain a better understanding of the market.For assessing demand, go to FurnishedFinder.com/stats and you can see demand data for a given city.

For the lease renewal of course you'll want your name on it.

I am wondering if anyone would recommend any real estate investing courses, podcasts, books, or any other educational material that has helped them in their own career? 

And of course, do your due diligence, research, trust but verify! 

To add to the humor, I skiptrace the guy, I think he has more court cases against him than the weekend warrior training program /guru who has around $2M in judgments against him that he probably just took his weekend course from - because its comical that after this guru holds his course every new investor comes out of the wood work with the same facebook and email campaign that they have been teaching for the past ten years.. 

Of course I have all her correspondence right there on the phone.

CA can and is the 500k to 2mil or more depending on the location  jurisdiction etc etc.. of course small plats are not that much.. but if you need to do an EIR ( Environmental Impact report) we were paying 200 to 300k for those back in the late 80s..

I would also make sure to add addenda regarding pets and furnishings, and make sure of course that any HOAs allow flexible leasing.

For example, a buyer may be willing to purchase a property needing repairs, take on existing tenants, or be willing to cover some or all the closing fees.Of course, selling in a hot market means you may pay inflated prices on another property.

Of course, average rents for a property similar to use matters as well.