If your opt-out percentage is too high then it may look suspicious to the carriers; ultimately, affecting your delivery rates.The goal is to keep you opt-out percentage low while maintaining compliance. 

but keep in mind CA has higher taxes and reg fees and I’m not doing more than 1-2 flips (short timeframe flips)  a year and many years do 0 flipsDo most flippers put flips into LLC Or in personal name (sole proprietor)  in CA (where you must pay $800 yearly plus accounting and other fees $300to $600+ yearly to maintain LLC) Pros for personal name-save on taxes accounting.

.- To utilize the Mills Act requires a few things: An application (not free), inspections, and most importantly a contract with the city in which you promise to rehab and maintain the historic nature of the property.- The inspections are only 5 years, but tenants are not likely to take care of them home as well as you, and refurbishing hardwood, lath and plaster, and anything else is going to be much more expensive than the typical Landlord special (white paint, and grey LVP)It will all come down to making your numbers work.

.- Many of them have no clue of the actual condition of their properties and a decent percentage want to then sell.2) We have owners we terminate, that don't want to spend a penny maintaining their properties.

Use tools like Buildertrend or CoConstruct to manage the project, track expenses, and maintain clear communication with the GC and subs.

So as long as someone gets realistic with the TRUE cost to  own and maintain and the numbers work it can work but I am a big proponent if your going to have these types of assets they need to be paid for to really enjoy any financial benefit.lastly I can say the same thing about new builds.. over the long haul unless there is REAL appreciation more than just 2 or 3% if you sell within say 10 years your going to be lucky to break even as your going to have to spend 20 to 30k making the houses fresh again to get top dollar a 10 year old rental is not going to bring top dollar and the value at that point will only be what an investors will pay for a given cash flow..

But we don’t maintain the tree.  

My understanding is that if you've given the neighbor written notice of the need to maintain / remove the tree, if it falls it's considered an act of nature (high winds) and you have to deal with it.

You can go from nice homes to very poorly maintained homes in a few blocks!

There will also be closing costs to refinancing into DSCR.Lenders need 6 months to refinance a loan, anything sooner, you're probably paying a good amount of points / DSCR has to be rock solid.There also may be additional costs in maintaining your property.