Professional pictures, MLS, good rehab, properly priced, buyers agent and buyers agent commission is what will sell your property.

This will show if they properly planned for charging the tenant.

Ok, now we are back to taking advantage, because buyer is NOT capitalized properly, and banks won't lend to them because of RISK of non-performance.     

We've used Proper Insurance and have a good experience with them.

PROPER SCREENING is critical to reduce the likelihood of ever having to go through this.

Communication with tenants can be done through Google Voice or WhatsApp, and Proper Insurance covers both property and liability.Good luck!

It's one thing to promote our own deals, properly to suitable accredited investors.

I've been hit up by a couple of companies to do rental arbitrage so that they can do STR themselves - but I'm not sure how to properly vet them out and make sure they're legitimate.

Once those answers are in mind, find the proper bed/bath number count that fits your guest avatar. 

If the gains are properly calculated, which you're not doing, even in a worst-case scenario of poor appreciation, what I outlined is going to achieve a total return roughly equal to stocks or bonds.So you're assuming the Compton house rents for $3500--given, we don't know how many bedrooms it has, what condition it is, or whether the landlord has been able to keep up with market in spite of rent control, but that's top of the market for a home that has 2-3 bedrooms and probably isn't the Taj Mahal.