It should be no surprise to people. 

The large coastal California cities were ranked very high in appreciation (not surprising) but also were ranked very high for their cash flow (this could surprise some who do not recognize the coupling of appreciation and cash flow).Initial cash flow has a poor correlation to actual cash flow over a long hold.

Frankly, I'm surprised by all the positive reviews. 

The discipline to run on a budget for a number of years or decades depending on your math, doesn't factor in emergencies or market changes where the HELOC could be used to invest in other places.

We were surprised that Kiavi never thought to call the vendor of their software, or a database technician, to fix this.We provided the requested copy of our LLC articles of organization.

Remember to account for potential surprises.

Considering the rates I am being quoted, I am a little surprised more investors arent talking about this.

The accuracy is surprisingly high and a bit saddening.

Jorge was surprised how lean they could operate (sounds like this should have done sooner).

I don’t know how common vacancies are but I would say I could cover about 4-6 month in case of an emergency