I'm actually in consideration of allowing an individual to conduct rental arbitrage with a rental of mine.

Patience can be your best friend and if you attempt to over leverage a property it can come back to hurt you.Some will recommend buying subject 2 where you could take over an existing mortgage that could be at a substantially lower rate - but if the lender finds out and calls the loan that could also be very bad.

Hi dear friends!

In Phoenix, I might call up a friend who invests in mixed-use properties south of Roosevelt Row, and that friend might know a local title rep who’s been working with out-of-state buyers who like to pull the trigger fast.

The owner is a former mortgage underwriter and she is preparing documents herself and having her friend at a title company execute the sale.  

- California is not a landlord friendly market. 

And might be everyone, like your employee, your mother, your friend or even yourself.Human is, and will always be, the weakest link of your defense line.

Friends Title is attorney-owned and investor-friendly. https://friendstitle.com/

I remember chatting with a good friend of mine, Jared, who once picked up a quirky three-story in Somerville to rent short-term.

I just wish I listened to an old friend who used it on the silkroad.