Long term rentals are unattractive in CA imo especially since you can earn a lot more with different rental strategies even doing mid term rentals will still probably be more profitable than doing a long term rental.As far as hiring a contractor or bringing in subs for each item that will come down to how much you want to be involved, you'll save money finding and subbing out individual jobs but it will take you longer and you will need to manage everyone you hire and contract to do business with whereas a contractor will manage all that for you but there will be a premium put onto the price obviously for that. 

Hey Jake,I'll number my responses so its easier to follow...1.

Thank you for the response.

Your management has to be top notch, your marketing has to be top notch, your pricing has to constantly change with the environment, your design has to be incredible and the photos have to trigger that booking response.

They are responsive, professional, and pleasant to work with.

It was a fair response until the last sentence about shooting him a message.

And the customer would think we were responsible .

i just looked at lots of individual properties. 

They are known to be not responsive.

I have been trying to research and have left messages and sent emails with no response to the HUD link I was referred to.