If you want to grow, then scaling within control is good.

My $2000 also covers stuff that inevitably break under normal use - I had to replace a washer $700, a stove $600, a microwave $100, and a grill $400, all  within last 2 years, and paid close to $1000 for various service calls by electricians and HVAC techs and pest control. 

Thanks For Texting check out Launch Control, Lead Sherpa, REI Reply, ROOR or Textedly - Just depends on volume and sophistication you need. 

There’s not much I can do to control the Bay Area real estate market, and our property has gone down in value since we purchased it.

Right now, it feels like this might just be a way for the tenant to try and take control of the situation.

Even large and small businesses with intangible residual services like TV, internet, security, pest control or the local contractor with remodels in process could fall behind on payments revenue contract. 

Rent control on MF and if prop 33 passes (last polling I saw had it ahead) it could apply to all housing.  

What's the exit strategy if any, for the investor, given that, with 50%, he has no control and the market there is illiquid, especially when the HELOCs out of North American properties are much more expensive.Properties in Costa Rica are already expensive and I've tried many times to make a potential investment there work and it's never worked with the figures.

Since you retain control of your money, how does one consistently maintain 30-50% cash on cash return? 

- Value add - How much does it cost to convert Non-climate controlled units to climate controlled units?