@Tyler Galleher I actually think your current home is unlikely to make a good rental, the big reason is that anything built in the last few years in CA is going to have giant Mello Roos special assessments which lower your return significantly over a somewhat older home. 

One giant one is that, as a minor you are not legally able to enter a binding contract.Another might be that banks are not going to lend to you.

@Talha Parvaiz  Chicagoland area is such a GIANT market that its hard to make blanket statements w/out focusing on a certain zip code and/or asset class. 

Nothing was flowing into my head until the Billy Holiday song "God Bless The Child" started to play in the background.   

There are always year end projects and trying to fit in an unexpected turn into the holiday season is something we try to avoid.

She decided to rent the house while traveling on holiday for the past year (COVID did not stop her).

My take on the broader situation tends to fluctuate but I believe class C/D investing in Baltimore City if done in a targeted, professional, and consistent way is a giant economic opportunity.

She decided to rent the house while traveling on holiday for the past year (COVID did not stop her).

Indeed, people who have a 1-week holiday don't want to loose too much of it traveling.

This was a little more difficult timing because it was during the Holidays and the slow part of the year, but we still got someone placed, and got a higher rent than we expected ($1025/month).The Refinance:We started the paperwork for the cash out refinance process in month 5 (Jan 2020) so we could close as soon as we hit the 6 month seasoning period for the property.