You all REALLY need to start becoming smarter, more intelligent, more analytical, and THINK about things before you just do crap just because 300 other clowns are doing the exact same thing.Love me hate me, don't care, just take my advice and start changing your life and become successful through a logical and analytical system.

Without that property values may rise faster than they have been.I think the real issue the last 2-3 years is that tax assessed value was kept artificially low during the recession, and did not reflect market value. 2-3 years ago, after appreciation had already started to take off, there was a shift in philosophy to raise the tax assessments to market.

Cash flow can pay the bills and ideally assist in building equity, but if you can sell your appreciated property and make 15 or 20 years worth of cash flow to then reinvest in more properties that offer higher returns (likely with lower CapEx) then you can see exponential growth... all about intelligently scaling your investments if you desire to grow wealth quickly.

I have seen the stats that in San Diego the new listings are down ~30% for April and where down over 30% for March versus a year ago.That the effect of $0 STR rents have not resulted in many LL already placing the RE on the market.That any result of lost LTR rents (which we have had 0 lost LTR rents so far) or difficulty finding new tenants for LTR units has not yet resulted in units hitting the market.Logic seems to be that if it were not for artificially holding units off the market, that we should see more RE on the market in 2020 that 2019 because of the various lost incomes (not just lost rent, but people making less money due to layoffs, reduced hours, etc.). 

The task at hand is below and is why I came to a forum of intelligent individuals.

Average intelligence) and this "me" were willing to put in the hours.

It shows you've got some intelligence, energy and get things accomplished. 

The real quality difference is going to be with the onshore team you are directly integrating with, and not whether they use offshore preparation staff - their ability to review and manage the work (whether on shore or offshore), and ability to think intelligently and help you plan with your tax situation.Overall point being - don't let one particular factor be a disqualifier like hourly versus project basis billing, or being full onshore. or any of a number of factors - have a conversation and look for the best overall fit.

I would think that intelligent real estate investors would know the difference between an eviction and an end of a lease?

Emotional maturity (connected closely to emotional intelligence) enables us to make better decisions or, in the case of a pandemic, respond to events in a more constructive way.