Tells you who they are in regards to financial habits. 

If it is somewhat habitable and you can live in it for a year, you can get primary residence financing. 

Anything shady could become a habit, and potentially land you in trouble.  

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

In this case, I don't see the harm in helping out a neighbor. 

. ($650/mo total) is kicking butt for zero dollars invested.There’s certainly no harm in repeating that 9 more times.

I also write in the lease if the property is not habitable due things like fire the lease cancels (not sure you can do that in California). 

I’m willing to bet most investors here would not do something like that for fear of harming their reputation.  

The owner provided linens, kitchen utensils, and various other items to make the property fully habitable for occupants.

The tenant needs to prove that mold caused harm despite it being present -right?