He was playing nice, but then started to really press me about the final payment which was a large sum of money.

While down payments and principal payments aren't deductible, inspection fees and other acquisition costs can be added to the property’s basis for depreciation.

For Livermore, the activity is slower compared to the general Bay Area so you would need to be more cautious on picking the right property to flip, and the margin has to be large enough for it to make sense.

I am not seeing any smart smoke detectors on the market that can detect weed smoke (freshair only takes large orders for 40 or more) .

Hence you can see how interest rates play a large role in determining cap rates in a market in my opinion. 

One thing people haven't mentioned is look for your own ad on the key rental syndicated sites and see if it presents well. 

These are largely in the suburbs and some markets within the city.

I'm getting more and more FB ads in my area for mobile homes for sale. 

The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon.

John - I've recently added "virtual staging" to my rental photos.