I'm a Texas lawyer, not a California one, but unless there are extreme and automatic penalties for a landlord backing out of a lease this way (e.g., he would have to pay the tenant three times the entire value of the lease plus attorney's fees, something like that), then he should consider the option of breaching the lease and giving the tenant his money back.

Let them know what you're looking for and have them set you up on an automatic search.

If you purchase above the assessment, most will automatically increase.

Any place that is empty for longer than 1 week (like going on a 2-week vacation) there is no insurance coverage.My insurance provider also automatically suspends coverage during any construction. 

I list on Airbnb and Homeaway (this is the same company as VRBO so it gets listed there automatically). 

That depends.The ideal solution is require the tenet to setup automatic bill pay.

If you are going to compare returns, then you need to account for everything, otherwise the comparison automatically fails. 

The deed part of it can be done a few ways but one recommendation would be to warranty deed the property over to the buyers (when all paperwork and $ is complete) and then both parties sign special warranty deeds that state that if the buyer defaults then the home will automatically revert back to you the seller.

And to add to that answer... if you want to keep the receipts but you hate holding on the paper receipts, just take a picture of the receipts with the free version of the "Expensify" app and you'll have them totalled up automatically come tax time @Nathan Hood

So far with careful tenant screening, communication, automatic payments and tenacity the room share thing works out nicely.My question revolves around the idea of working with other younger folks who still have their first time home buyers option or their VA option.