This can be a legit way to get your house rented, possibly at premium rent, to a stable entity for an extended period of time.

On Airbnb, if they break stuff, you usually get a bad review if you try to charge them, especially for petty stuff that would be a reasonable apartment charge like a broken fridge door shelf for $60 or stained sheets/towels or stolen power strips.

Although these tend to offer the lowest initial return, they are by far the most stable of the units I manage.

(Unfortunately, our deductible is $2,500)It should be noted that she sent multiple maintenance requests the week before this happened, including a crack in the fridge shelf, a broken HDMI cable, and not being able to light the fireplace.

If I was just starting out and this was a more stable environment, I'd take $25,000 after selling closing costs just to learn more about flips. 

The property was on a hill that was basically a rock shelf, when it rained water flowed right under the foundation.

Lower supply keeps prices stable or rising.

But then mold was discovered on clothes that were on a shelf in a closet of the opposite corner.

However, her credit may show stable payments, but maybe her husband was the stable one and she's financially reckless?

I can speak to Sacramento being an excellent market in that it is a market with high demand with stable industries (government, health and education) that provide a strong base of renters with solid incomes.