Meet other investors in your area and stay in touch with them; you can ask them questions that might prevent problems.Best to you!

Now you have seismic resilient with fire preventative. 

Where it gets interesting is that the house has 5 mailing addresses associated with it and the fire prevention bureau has on their records it is also a 5- unit house, and I am billed as such upon annual renewals/inspections.

It is imperative that you take this action to prevent fines and legal issues.

They completed the lastcleaning and left stains all over the bath mat anda yellow sticky substance in our utility drawer.Please beware.

If the tenants are the issue, they can make it very difficult to show the property and this can create a lot of issues for you during this time.It will also prevent you from selling your home for maximum market value as only few people will want to deal with holdover tenants.

They were never particularly nice, beach cabins on stilts with rattan furniture that usually had water stains from wet suits.  

It also prevents you from making the #1 noobie mistake, which is buying in the hood just because it's cheap.

The foundation was already approved, permitted and finaled years ago for a 3400 sf house, and its solid and I won't be building directly on the overhang edge; but rather back away from the edge a few feet to prevent any load issues all the weight will be on the longer sides of the existing footing.

Condo bylaws prevent airbnb usage, so not that.