After a period of blaming myself for being too aggressive, I realized the main reason I couldn't weather the storm was under-capitalization.My absolute truth is the knowledge that this business can provide long-term wealth and the freedom to manifest whatever you can dream. 

Being that we live in a warm weather climate and high demand, does anybody see an issue with starting a lease in November?

Weather the storms and take advantage of the seasonalities of certain assets.

I need to bone up on that though since we had Montana weather in Texas for the first time since Texas has been Texas just this year.

High cash flow and built reserves to > 6 months, which were used to weather Maui's lock down on travel during COVID.

List your property for current market values if you can weather the loss of income as you prepare the home for rent. 

They are starting with commercial and will surely go after residential in time, There is too much money for them to leave on the table with Cali's long term debt issues.But still, I would guess it is a great market to invest in because it draws a certain type of person that likes the weather/ lifestyle/ambience and since it is your native home, it would be somewhat difficult for you to relocate and learn a new area....

Back in 2009-2011, I couldn’t get the attention of investors for any real estate strategy forecasting IRRs of less than 20%.  

@Isaiah Foster, you will need to determine what you are going to do with the home once its fixed, sell it for cash, sell it on a note, rent it, this will determine the amount of rehab you do to the home, once you decide this then start the rehab on the outside of the home to keep the weather out good luck

The antique church doors were outside being damaged by weather.