Hello BP community, Like many others that are eager to learn about re business I've listened to numerous bp podcasts, read books and also created spreadsheet to gain a better understanding of the various re metrics.

@Mike Jacovelli, I think the guy that told you a hard money was going to come after your family watches way to many mafia movies.

Dan, I have read the new rent control law numerous times, and have never seen language in it that says “Any change to lease term, even on a month to month lease, that results in an increased cost to the tenant counts against the rent control limit”.  

After doing numerous hours of reading and listening to podcasts.

Some of the differences with SFR that make them less valuable than otherwise similar comps are location on a busy street, smaller lot, bad condition, structural defects, higher tax area, different school zones, different deed restrictions, access to main roads, rush hour traffic, obsolete or unpopular architectural style, inferior finishes, time since remodeling, age of roof, flooring, and others too numerous to mention.To get the discount to fit your formula, you’d probably need to find a house needing significantly more than $15k of work.

Beginning to explore how to manage STRs in numerous geographies outside the U.S., curious what people's experiences have been? 

This is also where things start go sideways in numerous directions.

@Aaron Almquist - sometimes the bank decides to take lower than the reserve price.We've won numerous properties at a price somewhere between the starting price and the banks reserve.

Call me paranoid, but I like this feature.3:  The raised numeric keypads that are backlit. 

But circling back to tenants right to privacy, I've had numerous tenants ask if they could install cameras and I pretty much let them.