I host a group for midterm rental operators and I had 2 people in last week's meeting essentially say the same thing.

If you decide to operate one outside of their desired areas, they will come after you with hefty fines.

Even if it's cleaning rooms, get a feel for the operations.

Learn about the Net Operating Income (NOI) and Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate)—these are essential to analyzing the potential profitability of a property.Return on Investment (ROI): There are different ways to calculate ROI in real estate, such as looking at your total return after a sale or assessing your rental income versus initial investment.

There needs to be someone similar to Always Marco on Youtube with the MLMs where you have someone exposing gurus who sell ******** courses.If you want to legitimately learn wholesaling, stop wasting money on ******** courses, and pay for such things as hiring an attorney to properly set up contracts, hire people to do inspections and appraisals, and hire CPAs to make sure that your business operates properly.

Operated as an executive high-end rental for 2 years and cash flowed nicely while rented.

But as of today, I am strongly considering converting it into a single-family rental because based on some Zillow comps I’ve seen I could get upwards of $8000.00 per month which is more than double my mortgage, taxes and operating expenses.

Not an expert here but my Brother is a heavy equipment operator in Northern CA and did a lot of the fire clean up when those fires happened and he mentioned contractor might need hazard waste removal license..

Hello @Yvonne Wang,The scope of work should include the following:- Basic info: Property address, client name, contractor's contact info, address, license#'s, signed general/operating agreement b/w contractor and client- Specification of repairs: Repair item, Quantity of items needed, total & per unit cost of items, taxes (if applicable), Completion hours, title of the person responsible for the repair item, written summary describing the work- Add'l info: Schedule of repairs, additional payment schedule details i.e. disbursement schedule, method of disbursement, deposits, holdback amounts, etc.The screenshot below highlights a couple of repair items.

I’d love to hear from fellow self-managing landlords about the biggest lessons you’ve learned along the way—whether it’s handling difficult move outs, maintenance strategies, or unique ways to streamline day-to-day operations.