P.S. sometimes it's more stressful than fun, but the rewards can be enormous and are worth it.

You are out in Cali so it is tough to get a good cash flow deal but if you have a comfort level check out states Like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Las Vegas, Tenn, Georgi and a few others.Unlike Cali you can still find a decent 2-4 unit in states Like IN, OH and FL for under $250K with rents at or above $1250 a door.

I'd recommend looking at costs. your build cost is going to be well over other homes because of the fixed costs like slab, Hvac, roof, etc. check the market drivers and weight the benefits of short term versus long term. long term is no furniture and help pays mortgage but at this size it doesn't really cover everything. we didn't find a lot of economies of scale in single family detached. can you build more than one unit?

I checked the property but couldn’t detect anything unusual.

If you are working as a sub for me , you are interviewed , background checked , proof of insurance , license , EIN number etc .Sure hiring a illegal from a parking lot can be cheaper ..............Until they are not , they get hurt and file a claim against you , they screw up the job and it cost more to do it over than do it right .

It took us a couple of weeks but we slowly increased their rankings unit they were on page 1 (based on search parameters of course) and they got a 10 day booking soon thereafter.We use Price Labs to check out the date of the last booking.

I'd recommend working with a good strong property manager that lives in that area that can check on them.

Your always right even if you're wrong.Let's check next year if we made more profit or if our Occupancy% declined. 

I would say the home is probably worth around 575-600K.  

I have checked with Wells Fargo where we bank they say they do not provide investment property loans.Thanks in advance.