I'm curious if any wholesalers out there do "post closing" marketing -- letting neighbors know that THAT house in their neighborhood will be undergoing change . . thus improving the community, improving property values, etc., etc. 

It turns out, the family is relocating temporarily because the mother has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and they are undergoing clinical trials in the area.

While we don't necessarily have the time to manage the properties 100% ourselves, we at least do have the flexibility to be moderately involved and plan to keep the property manager accountable and regularly undergo thorough audits of incurred expenses (i.e. request bigger ticket items $150-$200< to be submitted etc).Through a mentor (very large SoCal real estate investor involved in large Industrial, retail, and with vast experience in SFH-MF), I've been seriously advised against hiring a property manager - he's warned that while the baseline fees appear to be a good deal, the inflated repair bills, stalled evictions, and mismanagement will eat up cash flow and money out of pocket will be needed to make mortgage payments - even with the best PMs.Out of curiosity, what has your experience been like with property managers?

Yeah fat chance.

If he was originally on the application you should have discovered the seven evictions (pro-tenant) and gave a big fat NO to rent to them.If he was not on the lease then monthly inspections should have shown unauthorized tenants and also condition issues with the property so you can evict early as possible.

I also completely understand that if you're running many rentals you can't waiver at all and therefore this guy would be told a big fat no, but since this is my one and only rental I feel like I have a little more flexibility.

However, people are always moving out of the Bay Area because it's so expensive, and with the undergoing shift to more remote work, some people are keeping their high income jobs and moving to lower cost areas.

@Peter Vekselman  was not insinuating your a wannabee wholesaler my point was I could  see wanna be wholesalers not running title and getting fubared at the end.I just bought one in Charleston again exact same issue.. wholesaler brings it to me... we decide on price.. only to find out the lady owed more than what they were selling me the house for .. they were bummed  what they thought was a fat deal turned out not to be I still bought it but at my terms not theirs. 

The only time people lose assets is if theylose their job or have to change for a decrease in income, then they try and trim the fat.  

For example a blind seeing eye dog.Emotional support animals are governed by fair housing and does not need to undergo any training.