Flipping houses and owning a painting business can actually complement each other very well, in terms of cross-selling services, developing connections, and new opportunities among other things.I guess my point is, before leaving an existing venture, make sure you have formally done your diligence via a business model, business plan, marketing strategy, etc.  

This is a good place to start as they have the more experienced staff there and you don't have to have such a defined idea of what you want.They will look up these tools amongst other things (these tools are awesome btw):http://zimas.lacity.org/http://navigatela.lacity.org/navigatela/There you'll get a load of information from zoning to issues related to the property to details of the property to services in the area, whether it's a landslide zone, hydrants, sewer, RSO, Ellis Act and much more.

Once you become advanced you can reach out to services like Podio, but this seems to be a good starting area!

My initial plan is to get the extra cash I need for building more reserves and down payments by flipping/wholesaling, which I still want to do in order to speed things up.

Has anyone used a third party billing service to bill tenants in a building that is sub metered?  

This is why lenders often stress or require 6 months of PITI liquid in reserves per property so that you are more cushioned should you have a longer or higher vacancy.  

You might be able to do this as an annual subscription to an information service versus getting involved in transactions. 

Since they have an oral agreement and the agreement has been executed by service rendered from painting the properties.

Hi, I'm trying to decide on an online service for credit/background checks for some upcoming rentals. 

Welcome to BP and thank you for your service.