Competing offers are the norm in many market segments and owner-occupants of the standard 3/2 in a decent neighborhood are routinely outbid by cash buyers (either investors or bay area transplants).What can cause that situation to change?

There will be routine sampling (microbiological and chemical) required and a certified operator must be hired to make daily chlorine checks on the water system.

If you have a busy 9-5 routine but have the money to get started and don't have enough time, turnkey companies provide some of the best resources to scale your portfolio.

Keep doing the right things over and over on a daily routine.  

Since easy to commute, easy access to life style might be not so much important if work from home is more like routine choice, so maybe we should define A,B, C and D otherwise?

But we are routinely generating $30k to $50k profits per house.

I have broken so many rules, some out of ignorance, many not.For instance, I have paid contractors an up-front payment before work is done.  And I've been taken.  But I also have a very reliable contractor that requir...

Long in crisis and short on solutions, premiums are the highest in the nation here and increasing while insurers are becoming insolvent on a routine and regular basis. 

Legal, vacancies, evictions, capitol expenses, routine repairs, accounting, tenant turn over prep, management.

If you're going the umbrella insurance route, make sure it will cover you for several things including just the routine slip and fall (like mold or earthquake).