If you’re planning on banking on appreciation, it’s crucial to buy in a location with strong demand drivers like proximity to tech hubs or transportation.On the flip side, if cash flow is a priority for you, you might want to consider looking outside the Bay Area, in markets where the rent-to-price ratio is more favorable.Exit Strategy: Always have a clear exit strategy.

It’s tenant-occupied, but we’ve communicated to the agent that we would deliver it vacant.

Target areas with additional economic drivers other than oil.

You would do better in 30-day t-bills (right now ;-)The hopes an investor might have (if you purchased a property like this) are: 1) inflation to drive rents up, 2) inflation to drive property appreciation, and 3) mortgage rates to drop to refi at a lower rate in a few years.A lot depends on what someone thinks about the longer-term prospects of neighborhood they're investing in.

Korea and countless others have proven, COMMUNISM does not even deliver on Mediocrity, it's serfdom and suffering for all who do not participate in oppression. 

The seller has started the eviction process. 2 unit should be delivered vacant and 2 occupied.

On average, a licensed agent will have way higher odds of success, and can deliver similar outcomes to their clients, without having to go into any gray areas, or deal off-market.

I know the sms are being delivered, or some number, I get replies.   

How are utilities delivered and who pays for what?

LA City here~~Take the certificate of occupancy to the post office and they will register your ADA address in to their database and will deliver mail to your ADU.