Quote from @Paul Novak: BP Team,I am looking for perspective and advice. 

Make sure you understand the local rental market and have a reliable team for rehabbing properties.- **House Hacking:** This can be a great way to start, especially if you're looking to live in one of the units.

Any grandfathering will be lost when one of those tanks fails. 

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

Barrett and teams  leadership. 

I'm sorry that you feel mistreated, but I can assure you that both JWB and the property owner lost in this equation as well. 

The appraisal district shortly thereafter corrected the tax allotment “anomaly” between the two lots, but the investor never made a tax payment and eventually lost the lot to a tax foreclosure.  

I love working with their agents and financing team, yes, they are not the cheapest one but I've found good deals with them ( since then I bought more properties) and a good deal it's all you need.

Depending on your loan it might only work in the STR game.HOA’s normally do not allow in the Oceanside area but if you get on the beach then they do with restrictions.If you want a personal consult let me know.I have a team here in Oceanside, Carlsbad.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.