I live only a few miles from your prospecting area.  

The county put a homestead on half of my property, but this also re-categorized my property to State Code: A1 instead of B2 for 2021.

We ended up cash flowing $4,600 in October (half a month on Airbnb/VRBO!)

In escrow on a deal within 45 miles of OC..

If it was someone in the Bay Area I could meet in person, may be worth considering but someone over 2000 miles away, hard pass.

Hi Ran, I don't charge security deposit to my tenants, instead I have a non-refundable move-in fee that is almost equal to half the monthly rent.

One was that she found "a couple half-dead, half-alive bees".I wasn't quite sure how to take care of zombie bees.Once when I went over there she had mouse traps laying out in the kitchen (2 of them).

One intangible factor is that we'd really like to live in a new area, so if numbers end up being comparable, we'd end up looking out of state for the duplex to rent half of.

Last week this tenant casually informed me by text that he had hired a heating guy to service the furnace of the building that is in his half of the duplex.

I am a new investor and have been exploring deals in a few markets outside my area for the past month and a half.