If I had a excellent tenant that I had for a year or more I would, under certain circumstance, allow them to do short term rentals.

You can easily run this calculation in excel or even google sheets.

Super thankful for the continued excellence of the Bigger Pockets and the community.

-Christopher  Excellent advice!  

I am not interested in receiving a real estate license.

Contact your local housing authority and ask them about the procedures required to rent to tenants who receive rent subsidies from the Section 8 program.

The webinar was pretty helpful for me, and can be found here, It's called: "How to Analyze Properties for Maximum Cash Flow":https://www.biggerpockets.com/proreplayYou can even print out the PDF reports of all the numbers since everything is broken down, show others, and receive input since each situation can vary for each property that you're looking at. 

People can do it on their own, but having a mentor can help keep someone on track, push them to excel quicker, and help them avoid the pitfalls. 2.

BP Community, Do any agents in CA receive a % of an assignment fee from wholesalers for finding properties, and if so, how do you have it written in the/a contract? 

And in that case, yes, the zoning authority may deny the application based on negative feedback they receive from the neighbors.