Currently vacancy rates are all over the chart.

Your running your numbers very aggressively, and using too much time with precise (yet incorrect) numbers.

There are some serious legitimate negatives to investing in California (can't speak to LA precisely, but I imagine some of this looks the same there).

Between the following 2 links, you can chart if an area has had it's income go up faster than baseline inflation, or slower.

This is definitely good time to buy from "technical chart" perspective as RE everywhere is experiencing a bouncing starting from January.

precisely !

Broken down into 8 townships: Aptos, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Capitola, Felton, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Soquel, and Watsonville.If you are interested in the full analysis with charts and data, reach out. 

I tell people who ask about BB or any airbnb market to look at the booking charts. 

Also when they send you a chart that shows expenses like Jan $400; Feb $125; March $57.25 is it acceptable to ask them to reply in writing with what they spent each for (like $400 toilet replacement, $57.25 repair front door, etc?)

I ask because I keep a comparison chart of real estate crowdfunding investments, and I’m constantly on the lookout for new and innovative platforms that I haven’t investigated yet.