New to this local market, I wonder whether buy and hold is a good strategies for this market (balanced between cash flow and appreciation for class A or B, I know cash flow is difficulty in general given today's real estate environment )?

I've also been directly in touch with a "fronter" in their Ontario, CA office who described the pressure-cooker type of environment, revolving door and nonstop lying. 

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Tell them that you are serious about running a quality STR and to have them call you at the first sign of problems.That will give them some peace of mind and have a way to get a hold of you instead of calling the cops.

You want to be able to get rid of a tenant who is causing problems in the home asap as it can quickly create a hostile environment for the other 4 people living there where now you have all 5 people contemplating wanting to move. 

Hopefully that would be the case because a lot of syndications are not doing well due to the high interest rate environment.

The fines are steep and none of the violations team are stepping up to follow through with us or provide any solutions, updates, give us peace of mind... nothing. 

I think it would be a good experience for me to get landlord experience in a mostly controlled environment aka I live there. 

If you've got those things you have a good environment for mold. 

,If you’re constrained by equity, it's going to be tough to find deals that pencil out in this environment.