Pros:- Higher monthly cash flow- Theoretically faster payoff (im sure we will pull all the equity out asap anyway)- Free us up to make traditional loan purchases again(this will give us different opportunities to buy houses in a changing market down the road)Cons:- Interest rates could go up in 5 years (though, most of our properties moving forward will be on this type of loan anyway).DO WE roll them all into one commercial loan or keep them as as they are????

I think whether or not you're vested in the city carries some weight as to how you perceive the situation & your future outlook (or desires).- I'm interested to see if this will be a temporary shift, or a long term impact that could take years/decades to come back to 2019 heights? 

Probably 4-6 weeks I'm guessing.Handyman thinks he can get cabinets cheaper through some local places that orders direct from China but that takes 4-6 weeks.The advantage to just cleaning up the current cabinets is it saves money and gets the place ready to rent much faster but is a good chunk of change to just keep an old kitchen presentable.  

You will have a lot of knowledge and can rebuild faster and better the 2nd time around.Bottom line, don't worry about diversification in terms of asset classes when you are starting out.

If we live in the property and the other unit covers most or all of the mortgage we can pay down the loan faster.

The tenants that we screen and place have been much better.One problem that is getting more urgent in my area is that rents are rising faster than incomes.  

(faster results)While SEO is being worked on, drive traffic to your site/landing pages using  the weapon of your choice (FB ads/PPC/DMM...) spend 1K on marketing.Make one deal.

@Goncalo Martins staging won't necessarily help you get a higher price for the home, but likely will help you sell it faster.

Some will like the faster capital gained on flips.

California in general doesn't cash flow the same way that people on BP claim their investments cash flow but a couple benefits are the historically faster rise in rental rates and prop 13 which keeps your property taxes low, not to mention the appreciation which you should just look at as gravy.