Get everything in writing!

A 1-star scammer review isn't worth the money for the stay.Jonathan, how do you "make sure" they don't write a bad review?

My goal is simply to make enough to show that my business makes money so I can continue enjoying living here.

A tenant now enjoys these enhancements at $1400/month, showcasing the property’s increased value.

The returns were OK, but nothing to write home about. 

Their view is that an arcade game is cool for 10 minutes, but a PS5 is something that they would enjoy for their entire stay. 

ZERO properties so far) is that with seller financing you can write up the contract pretty much any way you like.

I'd offer him his $190,000 if he will take payments at 3%, NO BALLOON, you'll make good money and get tax write offs. 

To be honest, I´m in the Maintenance & Construction for corporate businesses for some US companies in Mexico and we do some Real Estate down here also, but it´s way much different than the US, so I have much to learn from a lot of people around here and as @Julio Gonzalez, I think this is pretty much the right pad and place to start and to break my fears to start all over again from scratchAlso, I´ld like to hear more from @Justin Brickman why he voted for his city, pros and cons, it will help to read from a local...As I said before, thank you all guys for taking the time to write in this post and share some experienceDo you plan to owner occupy. $40k will not get you a non owner occupied San Diego property unless you find some unlikely alternate financing.

Living in the Los Angeles area sounds somewhat similar to what you experienced with cost of homes etc. thank you for writing this up!