I will provide some thoughts on the San Diego purchase- virtually all high LTV mls purchases since rates started to hike have negative cash flow at purchase- historically great appreciation- historically great rent growth but recently flattening- prop 13 is great benefit for long holds- laws keep getting less LL friendly.

I think some min level of regulation benefits everyone, including wholesalers who currently operate in no man's land. 

But for years I was just working hard without seeing any benefit and I had to keep going even though there was no light at the end of the tunnel.  

What's the benefit of the $149 sub through TurboTenant?

I really wanted to pursue this not so much for the financial benefit but for the learning experience.

There are landlords who are proud to own properties while offering their communities a nice and safe place to live (and enjoying the benefits of having someone else pay for your appreciating asset).

Being able to shuffle leads from MTR to MTR is a huge bonus and you can benefit from the economies of scale faster. 

So for the Comps you make to arrive at your ARV something that jumped out at me was the adjustments.

Do you guys see the benefit outperform the 2~3k price difference? 

.- Depends on what you're doing specifically, but usually I'd recommend getting an EIN at least to give access to business bank accounts- Repeating #1, if you're going to a property and 100% of your time is spent doing renovations and the like, sure, but if any of it is for personal benefit, that'd be disallowed.