I'm curious what other people think of this list.

If people took the five minutes to complete it they would not need to be asking and searching the internet for their answers. 

The entire agent model would perish because most of the time off-market listings are new leads that need to be prepared before hitting the market.

That's like people saying buying SFR is dumb and one should only invest in multi-family.

. - some strategies I've seen California investors use to lessen negative cash flow: house hacking, mid-term rentals (people temporarily displaced from home renovation or insurance reasons like fire), rent by the room, Short Term Rentals. - The ultimate house hack, live in the small ADU unit and rent out the two levels of the main house on AirBnb in San Francisco (I would have thought STRs are oversaturated in S.F. but it worked for them and they stay fully booked).

Most people will get the loan in their name first, and then transfer it into the LLC after.

There are 2 types of people who dog on Detroit.. 1.

These days too many people have too little coverage in case of a rebuild so you do want to make sure you understand the true cost of a total loss.

No extra fees added for repairs, I'm allowed to contract my own people via the PM to do services(HVAC, lawn, water heater, etc.)

In real estate, blunt honesty often protects people from common pitfalls or predatory advice that oversimplifies the challenges of investing.