PROPER SCREENING is critical to reduce the likelihood of ever having to go through this.

Communication with tenants can be done through Google Voice or WhatsApp, and Proper Insurance covers both property and liability.Good luck!

Aloha @Jay Patel,  VA's are awesome if you properly train them. 

It's one thing to promote our own deals, properly to suitable accredited investors.

I’m happy to connect you to brokers who sorted it out, 2 agencies I trust, just let me know. 

So here I am, looking to connect, meet other investors, and learn everything I can, so that I can make a good first decision in my real estate journey.

I've been hit up by a couple of companies to do rental arbitrage so that they can do STR themselves - but I'm not sure how to properly vet them out and make sure they're legitimate.

Once those answers are in mind, find the proper bed/bath number count that fits your guest avatar. 

I’m looking forward to learning and connecting with you all.

If the gains are properly calculated, which you're not doing, even in a worst-case scenario of poor appreciation, what I outlined is going to achieve a total return roughly equal to stocks or bonds.So you're assuming the Compton house rents for $3500--given, we don't know how many bedrooms it has, what condition it is, or whether the landlord has been able to keep up with market in spite of rent control, but that's top of the market for a home that has 2-3 bedrooms and probably isn't the Taj Mahal.