if you're W2 and full-time, hourly or salary, you should be able to go off your pay stubs for qualifying.

There are cheap PMs, but I think you end up paying for that in the end. 

You might be surprised, but your rental properties have more in common with dividend-paying stocks than you think!

Turnkey might be a good starting point since it requires less hands-on work, though you'll typically pay market prices.

I don't believe in marriage so I ain't paying no engagement fee.

While the deal is centered around wealth and asset management, real estate investors should be paying attention.

We pay the mortgage not the tenants!

Going to guess the $797 is rent only, with tenant paying utilities.

but keep in mind CA has higher taxes and reg fees and I’m not doing more than 1-2 flips (short timeframe flips)  a year and many years do 0 flipsDo most flippers put flips into LLC Or in personal name (sole proprietor)  in CA (where you must pay $800 yearly plus accounting and other fees $300to $600+ yearly to maintain LLC) Pros for personal name-save on taxes accounting.

This also begins YOUR title seasoning, so that when you're ready to take out a traditional mortgage, you can refinance and pay off the seller without a title seasoning issue. you can buy title insurance from the title company at closing. this is a good idea.