You'll also want to make sure you look into a good property manager since they'll be your biggest help to stabilize and manage the day to day operations of owning property. 

The whole point of a cash offer is speed and certainty - if you can bring a pile of money to the closing table today, I dont have to worry about you not getting the money to close. 

I incorporated smart home technology, such as automated lighting, heating, and security systems, which is highly desirable in today’s market.

I have been educating myself for the last 6 months on Real Estate Investing!

Guaranteed Returns: A fixed 7% is impressive in today's market and provides predictability unmatched by most investments.2.

and that was owner occ.. todays rates are pretty normal actually. what you can do if you want though is find a really good HML and let them place a loan for you making 10 to 12% while your wait for things to change to a situation that you feel you want to move forward be more net return than buying a rental thats for sure. of course no tax bene's but there really is not that much tax benefit on one rental.. so just some alternatives. 

Not sure if that is still legal or even translates in today's world of everything online but seemed like a good screening tool to me at the time. 

I'm using my workout time to educate myself daily and feel overwhelmed, but excited to get going.

today probably around 1 mil.

Haven’t had a chance to research STR permits in Sac yet but writing offer for a unit today.