The challenge is, it is extremely hard to find deals most the wholesalers here are now working directly with hedge funds willing to overpay for anything.

They want instant gratification.It's a cold world though, you ain't getting that without a cost.

I suggest attending local RE meetups as they are going to be extremely beneficial to you as you are starting out.

I know cat urine can be extremely tough to get rid of and will have to possibly sand and deep clean floors and then seal them.Main question: Is it possible to fully remove the smell of cat urine?

When it comes to self managing a STR/MTR, it's going to be extremely hard to do!

The Neighborhood is extremely important and so is the specific block.

I would prefer there to be no rent control, no extreme covid eviction moratoriums, no law mandating pets but these policies have resulted in me making a lot of money.  

Yeah $4k minimum is extremely fair IMO.

@Andrew Postell This is an extremely helpful post and I have a question.

One of the items was "termites in crawl space" - truthfully we never saw any termite evidence they are extremely rare in our area and only in the crawl space.