.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Let me break your post into parts, as each concerns a different subject and as such requires a different response.1.

., mortgage interest and property taxes) requires careful allocation.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

Private notes require more work than Stocks / Bonds, is the added return worth the extra work?

All the leads I've found so far have balked at either the "investment property" requirement, the "in California" requirement (or both!)

Until the conditional use permit is applied for, an operator of a short-term rental is required to apply for a short-term rental permit.

When work needs to be done, we require the tenant to provide access.

I'm fairly new in the industry as well, and most of the sources I've checked at first require a subscription (CoStar, WSJ), but I found this newsletter called Zeroflux Real Estate who consolidate real estate news from such sites.

For example, State Farm typically requires the latest inspection report for underwriting on multi-family properties that are over 30 years old.

When evaluating a property management company, it's important to look beyond just the management fee and consider the full scope of services and costs involved.For example, at our company, we charge a 10% monthly management fee, a $250 lease renewal fee (unless it’s a takeover tenant, which requires additional effort to establish a strong relationship - because usually people are changing pm companies for a reason), and the first month’s rent as a leasing fee.