If they have been there for a day longer than 1 year, they must get 60 days' notice; if they have been there for a day longer than two years, the landlord must give 90 days' notice. 

I just noticed your auto seems a bit, well junky.

I don't care much about soap and shampoo, but quality TP is something they will definitely notice.

Failure to receive notice in the mail does not count its up to the owners to pay their tax..

Those are the hardest to notice because they dont cause any damage and drain normally.

You can give notice to one of the tenants, then move in and rent out rooms to further cut your living expenses.Yes, something I've considered but does require me to move from CA to TN, so big life change. 

They also noticed the furnace and hot water tank is missing / stolen. 

But for someone thinking about scaling and possibly repeating the strategy in multiple markets.. say, Austin or San Antonio-going the investment property route might provide more long-term flexibility.Have you noticed lenders trending toward stricter definitions of “second homes” versus investment properties?

@Sanjay Singh but I’ve noticed that many houses there are within my budget ....Can't comment on the Indianapolis market but generally speaking buying real estate in a particular market because the housing is within your budget is not a valid reason to invest.

This allowed them to keep part of their funds liquid for their personal project while still deferring some taxes.Also, I noticed some great advice in earlier replies, particularly about HELOCs and the pitfalls of LLCs for 1031 purposes like @Maureen McCann explained it perfectly.