RentRedi Just has a $1 fee added onto any payment and the landlord can choose to pay that or let the tenant pay it. 

Hard to find good ones that are cheapThere is 3 options, Good, Fast, Cheap; a person can choose any 2- If it's Fast & Cheap it won't be Good- If it's Good & Cheap it won't be Fast- If it's Good & Fast it won't be Cheap

Our end goal is to be in a position where we can be very selective and choose the clients and properties we work with so that doesn't happen.

Also (if you choose well), you are hiring a manager who has many more years of experience than you can ever hope to have, and will avoid rookie mistakes.The downside is that not everyone feels comfortable doing due diligence on sponsors.

I have attached a video from our CEO on the Basics of Investing.

We'd have to cash-flow $1,300/mo over that period to make that much, which isn't happening.This is all to say that if you are in a market that has good long-term appreciation potential, then whatever rental model you choose is simply a way to make a little money while you hold the property for larger long-term gains.I'll let others chime in on your specific area.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Rent control in the bay area can be extreme as many areas have rent control in excess of the state mandated rent controlIn general experience RE investors are not choosing to add a single ADU in single family zoned areas.  

 @Raif Jochim without knowing details of each loan, I would almost always choose the primary home.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.