There are plenty of older homes on the market that do not have closets.You need 2 egresses (including 1 that goes outside) such as a door or window, size about 70sqft (local codes may differ), ceilings at least 7ft high, and it cannot be a walk-through passage.As always, your local codes may be different.

I know a few people including co-workers who moved out to Manteca and Stockton and do the horrendous commuteInterestingly there's been a bit of a comeback with San Francisco after people wanting to move out to the suburbs during COVID.

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

Secondly, the homeowner would need to cooperate as she would need to submit a bunch of paperwork including income statements, tax returns, etc. for the Short Sale application to show that she is insolvent.  

The violations would include 'the personal occupation of a garage as residence' while asserting to police that he didn't live in it, along with the power overloads due to use not in keeping with a garage rental.  

@Adonis Williams, you've received great comments: It depends on so many things, including FICO, LTV, type of loan, etc.

Books like “The Millionaire Real Estate Investor” by Gary Keller, “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, or “The Book on Rental Property Investing” by Brandon Turner can give you a solid foundation in REI strategies, including wholesaling.Most of the content offered in coaching programs can be found in books, free webinars, forums like BiggerPockets, and YouTube channels.

Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Quote from @Chris Seveney: They are more than a one man show - they are doing $10-12MM a year in lending (also have other parts of business) and have the people and systems in place includin g all above except the deal flow.How does one profitably run a PML company with numerous people only funding 10-12M a year?

Including monthly obligations and who will pay them, etc.

This includes credit, criminal, and rental history checks for all parties.