(perhaps this one but it's 1,367sf) If you pick the right time to list it (Feb to May), I am sure you will do fine.

In fact, I see the housing market in the metro picking up substantially. 

that was not a method that Armando taught in the seminars I attended these were strickly how to find BRRR props and rehab them and then resell or refi and keep.. the Markets we worked were Vegas and Orlando and Frankly those investors who actually bought property doubled their money or more with the deals i funded for them and they bought on their own it was 2011 to 2013 which as we know was a prime buying time and had to hand it to Armando he picked two of the best Markets.. 

Ask 3 or 4 companies that work with the size and type of deals you're analyzing and you'll likely pick up some themes. 

@Cameron Porter +95% of the land bank inventory is already picked over by the time it hits the public.The only people we know that have bought ALL went over budget and only the increasing market covered what would have been losses.So, proceed VERY carefully!

I have read a couple of Brandon Turners books on house hacking and multi family and really enjoyed his writing style.Brandon Turner’s books are great picks!

When you start "picking" tenants or doing favors or acts of kindness for tenants is really when you can get yourself in legal trouble. 

This is consistent with data from sources like Zillow, Redfin, and the local Santa Barbara Association of Realtors.However, when I go to "Pick Markets" and select Santa Barbara, the median home price listed is $620,000, which doesn’t align with what I’ve observed locally.

And for what it's worth folks, I'm not saying pick a side.

He received quotes to remove the texture ceiling, paint the interior, purchase and install new kitchen cabinets and counters (including completing the design), picked out 2 floorings to get quotes which will be provided this week, and determined furnace is beyond saving (I will likely get HVAC quote for him).