And ideally it wouldn't be thousands of miles away.   

Again, that's all fine and good but the numbers have to work which is why I was hoping to speak to someone with first hand knowledge of owning a property or properties in the town without an axe to grind like the Seabrook sales people.On the issue of negative STR regulations roughly half the houses in the town are in their rental program currently so I don't see that as an issue in the future as an investor as it's baked into the town's business model and not likely to change.

I live in Northern California, only about an hour and a half away from Reno, NV. 

That's about half the GRM you'd get in LA's worst neighborhoods (and the lower the GRM, the better the buy).ADUs aren't perfect, but they're still an amazing investment in Los Angeles, especially for homebuyers or homeowners looking to get started. 

@JD Martin-half (1 triplex) are all cash, owe like 59k on other triplex, both buildings are over 100 years old and still standing.

The property I have listed for sale right now is 5 miles to Damascus.

It’s 7 miles from a town of 1500 people and 30 miles from the big town of Marshal (17k people?)

She asked for prorated rent if she moved out early, which I happily agreed to and she has been extremely cooperative.Lower unit tenant is mad that someone less than half her age owns the property and is not letting her stay (she has been there 10+ years).

Especially if half the space will be leased.

Half of the homes I look at where someone is upside down are an out-of-state investment gone bad.