There's a big disconnect in Detroit's home prices vs the progress there, and I believe it will continue to close.

Insurance is definitely an issue there, and will continue to be.

Los Angeles County continues to grapple with devastating wildfires that have claimed five lives, destroyed over 2,000 structures and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 residents.

For instance, if he paid $40,000 to buy a house and sold it for $80,000 with $10,000 down, he could keep $10,000 in reserve  and tap into it to hire attorney, file eviction case , remove defaulting buyer/tenant and continue paying off investor loan (if he used PML to buy that house) while looking for the next buyer to sell it.

CA, in total continues to lose 100k's of population and continues to add onerous legislation, including the state rent cap they passed a few years ago (doesn't apply to sfr's though).I am not sure why anyone would want to jump in the deep shark infested waters right before feeding time, unless you have a clear proven strategy, or a very long time horizon.

Yes, and the saga continues.

We continue to look near our existing properties for new investment opportunities and to use the equity we've built up.

PM made a couple attempts to collect and then offered to cover the damage because toilet replacements are not that costly and continuing to pursue the damages did not make sense for them.Airbnb is supposed to cover guest damage but if they refuse to pay for guest damage their insurance has reduced value and cannot be relied upon. 

Play games.

I'm going to wait till the end of July 28,2020 and see how everything plays out.