Furniture tends to rapidly depreciate while real estate tends to appreciate.

I don’t tend to do much plumbing drawings, especially when it get complex or extensive. 

Insurance placement guests tend to be very last minute, often will want to sign an initial 30-day contract and then the amount of time they will extend is very unpredictable but can sometimes be upwards of 9 months.

If you are a busy W-2 employee or running a company, Home Team Vacation Rentals can take care of all the nuts and bults of purchasing, setting up, and managing a STR.

Cosigners tend to be helicopter parents that meddle too much and then refuse to pay when little Johnny runs up the bill.

Same goes for number of LLCs and what to fund them with, since bear in mind that CA tends to be more cumbersome and expensive to have LLCs than other states.California is generally more cumbersome than other states when it comes to taxes and filings.

@Sandra HoI think people who have tendencies or habits tend to repeat them.

Zillow is still different in my opinion.Note: I tend to add more details than needed to help other people interested in learning more about property investments.Elton

The second of two homes I bought when I sold the rental, I would have bought a more expensive one as the one I got was close to the university and tended to attract students which had higher turn over (though it may also be my local market).I'd also look up how to do a 1031 (I think that is what it's called, I'm not in the US) where you defer capital gains taxes on rentals by buying another within a set period of time.

On top of the the borrower most likely owns it outright or has a small balance left on the loan.Also, you tend to have to offer a premium in the selling price with seller financing.