I too, am hopeful the City gets the right model at the building department to handle the volume of permits and inspections. 

For your GA LLC, filing correctly is crucial since you're based in CA and may need to handle multi-state tax filings.A real estate tax accountant can guide you on deducting renovation costs (likely capitalized rather than expensed for a flip), managing depreciation for investment properties, and tracking expenses related to your flip.

Regular lockAdvantage is price is cheap.Main disadvantage is that you need to have many keys to handle.

For last few years I have instead had all my tenants handle snow removal.

We are not real estate professionals.1) How would you handle the classification of the property in the 2023 tax year and would you utilize a STR depreciation strategy?

So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?

@Hedman Maximus too many investors worry about DIY pennies, while losing dollars - which it seems you may be doing.Why can't you hire a PMC to handle the properties for you?

We agreed to address the issues left by the previous tenant and you did not want us to handle it.

This is basic case where bad sponsor doing high risk investment in bad times …I was one of the small investor for very large SF rental fund out of Florida but got litigated by SEC three years ago and handled by receivership court now.three years later we got at least out 80 percent money back LOLBtw , every new kid can make money in 2016, but if they can survive 2022 that’s your guy :)So don’t afraid to make lawsuit against these company …Carlos seems to be more experienced in this than me, so feel free to disregard my comment at your discretion.  

How do you handle scaling once you get your first property – is it as daunting as it seems, or does it get easier?