I did confirm that in North Carolina, per the Statute of Frauds, any agreement lasting a year or more must be express, in writing and delivered to both parties, along with consideration (which I remitted via wire). 

Originally posted by @Joe Au:Every tool has it's function.

I think this may be a built in functionality of the Turno app, but I don't use Turno and my cleaners don't seem to offer that as part of their standard process.

I have been investing for 4 years and have tried both local and national banks and haven't had any experiences to write home about.

As-Is, doesn't mean "as-is" if you negotiate and write your contract appropriately.

To be honest, I´m in the Maintenance & Construction for corporate businesses for some US companies in Mexico and we do some Real Estate down here also, but it´s way much different than the US, so I have much to learn from a lot of people around here and as @Julio Gonzalez, I think this is pretty much the right pad and place to start and to break my fears to start all over again from scratchAlso, I´ld like to hear more from @Justin Brickman why he voted for his city, pros and cons, it will help to read from a local...As I said before, thank you all guys for taking the time to write in this post and share some experienceDo you plan to owner occupy. $40k will not get you a non owner occupied San Diego property unless you find some unlikely alternate financing.

I've tried to include relative information, without writing a novel. 

Cash flow is a function of LTV, so this is where it gets murky.  

I could write a novel on my experiences with Booking.com and given that's nearly Halloween, the genre would likely also be correct. 

My first suggestion is to get them to write down an investment strategy.