Good to know on the BRRRR strategy and also a solid point to make sure I'm listening to recent (relevant) episodes.

GET OFF THE INTERNET, you nobody can answer this with certainty Get to your local RE meeting, You are not anywhere near ready Good luck

There is a good chance that the tub would only be used for kids and kids want mom and dad's tub anyway. 

All of them are very good and none of them have PMI.

Good luck hope it works out for you 

it's a good, but tough, market to invest in.

It's called something else that I can't recall at the moment, but they'll know and be able to guide you in the right direction.Since there is a large amount of equity in the rental home, just be sure that your new HOI policy has good coverage and possibly think about an Umbrella Policy or additional insurance coverage to "protect you" vs. trying to reinvent the wheel and forming an LLC just for the one property.SD

Hi Michael,If you don't have any luck with this in here, you might want to try SCORE.They may be able to guide you on this.https://orangecounty.score.org/Good Luck!

And, that's good feedback re: 3/1's being harder, I didn't realize that.

I have heard population growth, combined with income to rent ratio  & crime rate is a good start.