Then find out from the person on title, not the assignor, what the assignor promised or has in writing as an agreement.

I had another person speak highly of New Western.

I'm personally always worried about tenants trying to damage the property out of spite so hoping everything went smooth on that end.

Once under contract on a fixer upper, the FIRST person to enter that property with you is the 203k consultant.

Just to present an alternative point of view regarding California residents investing in STRs, I'd say the gambit still works and works well.For one thing, you still get to use the Section 263(a) tangible property regulations' de minimis rules, which probably mean you can immediately expense most of the furniture and fixtures in your STR.For another thing, while for your California return you won't be able to use bonus or accelerated depreciation for the personal property, you will still use shorter 5-year and 7-year lives for maybe 25% of the improvements.But the big thing: The federal tax bill is far, far bigger.

There's no way around it unless you specifically work for one person only.

I second this, I use rentredi for my personal properties and it makes life super easy.  

This strategy has worked well for me personally. 

I will say unique properties can sit since you are finding the "right" person.

This is generally correct, DSCR loans do not look at all at your personal income.