But I would advise you have a plan in place to pay off the existing mortgage in 2-3 years because eventually the original seller will become unhappy with having a loan in their name and no house to show for it.Finally, there's a lot of irrational fear out there about the due on sale clause and the lender calling the note.

In my market, the zoning and plans approval team are pretty friendly and free to ask, so before you spend a dollar, I would give the local building department/zoning department a call and see if you can get answers.If they are not very friendly, than an architect would likely be my next call.  

If a toilet runs at full pressure, the tenant is going to call you sooner than later from the sheer racket it's making.If you are purely looking for leaks, you will spend significant sums of money to save yourself very little money in the long run. 

It only works if you make more than you spend.

I'm trying to figure out what kind of insurance plan to get that would be suitable for both these exit strategies. 

Adding more bedrooms, new floor plan, new kitchen, floors, exterior paint, landscaping, and pool rehab.

It is furnished turnkey and looks as if it was planned for STR.

What kind of investments were you planning on focusing on?

I have found time is better spent building tools to quickly analyze & procure new deals, rather than hyper-analyzing the metrics of one deal, ultimately making initial review faster & more reliable (spend time on the things that make sense, quickly remove things that don't, even junior-level staff can identify good opportunities with the tools, etc).For example, if I'm modeling a SFR to 3-4 unit scheme, I can quickly check the $/sf/mo for each of my proposed units and get a good idea of the GOI without having to manually dig through &  find rent comps in that City/Zip:- So instantly I know in Woodland Hills that a Studio is close to $5/sf/mo on avg, 1 Bedroom closer to $4/sf/mo, with the 2 & 3 Bedrooms closer to $3/sf/mo.

It's a great place to network and meet agents, lenders, wholesalers, attorneys, etc.Not yet, but definitely plan too.