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I love living in CA, but if you're an investor and like to have your properties in LLCs, it kind of suck. $800 yearly tax for each LLC.

That's the best way to get into investing; holding the property you own and renting it when buying another.

I got properties under contract before so am confident that this is not going to be a problem.

We did this with our property and had no issues with our bank.

Even a single-family home with a legal additional living unit could work if you can find the right property.Because you want a property that needs work, I would be careful not to take on something that is too distressed.

Quote from @Jokari Trueheart: HI, almost 11 months ago I purchased 3 duplexes and I borrowed the funds from my personal residence which I took out a equity agreement for the down payment on the investment property, great idea at the time because I have 10 years to pay it off and theres no payment requirement, but , I learned more about the consequence that it takes a large chunk of my equity the longer I take to pay it back, so my goal was to refi cash out the investment property to pay it back but I don't think theres enough equity yet to pull the full $106k needed, I only borrowed $88k but with the equity percentage for one year i'm paying about $18k in equity on top of the amount I borrowed if I pay it off in year one, so I need this paid off ASAP before it increases more.

Nothing down and subject to was a LOT easier 45 years ago when I started investing in real property…….    

Does anyone have any referrals for property managers in the Los Angeles area who specialize/ have experience in mid term rentals? 

I’ve had a handful of STR property owners that are looking to sell. 13 units in total.