Speaking from a Los Angeles view, when the economy was bad around 10 years ago, the vacancy rate was higher and rents were decreasing.

Butts was arrested and charged Wednesday with arranging an attack for cash on her landlord over an ongoing dispute, prosecutors said.Ashley Melissa Butts, 30, of Inglewood and her friend, Israel Rios, were taken into custody on an arrest warrant stemming from the April 30 attack, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint.Butts and Rios are charged with assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit a crime and first-degree burglary.Shortly after Butts moved into her landlord’s home in the 3300 block of West 78th Street in Hyde Park, they began quarreling, prosecutors said.According to the criminal complaint, Butts called Rios on her cellphone and instructed Rios to come to their home, so that he could attack the victim in exchange for cash.Butts allegedly then had an Uber driver pick up Rios, 37, and an unidentified man and drive them to her home.

Think Hollywood Hills, Palos Verdes, Pacific Palisades, many parts of West LA, and perhaps in OC Newport Beach.

You will have more control with a LO of course. 2 Things- vet your end buyer well. 

Also if I had to do it again, I would have done this route: become a processor for 8 months, then become a LOA for one year, then become a LO.

Also, vacation rentals are popular in the Condado and Isla Verde area.

They commute from Camp Verde or Cottonwood, which is 30-40 min each way (assuming the 179 isn't backed up in/out of Sedona)

It was alos NOT my intention to argue that anyone should choose between the two, unfortunately you turned it into that.

I recently renovated the bottom unit with a lo flow toilet (89$ @ HD). you might want to look into that. super easy to install and well worth the savings. when my top tenants move out, i'll do the same up there. but like you said, you may want to give it a month to see if the fixes you made have had any effect. 

If this is the direction you want to go, then there are the Globo ballon, toro verde, Cueva Ventana, the observatory all not far. these are what you want to sell. if you are in the mountains, try and sell that feature. long term is tough down there, because people are not working like they want to, this results in finding someone who can pay the rents on time monthly. the above will determine the direction you want to go with it.