What have you been paying for utilities?

The paid off student rental plus the 2nd student rental helps pays off the mortage for 2nd student rentals and living expenses for me and my wife. the duplex was  cash flowing approx  $300 month with the old tenants We manage everything ourselves with some help from our family. 

Having to go see a piece and pay for transport makes used less attractive. 

There are people who have an entire business helping you set up and design a STR relatively quickly (3-7 days) depending on size of home and complexity but you are going to be paying a bit of a premium but you do save on the headache.

but keep in mind CA has higher taxes and reg fees and I’m not doing more than 1-2 flips (short timeframe flips)  a year and many years do 0 flipsDo most flippers put flips into LLC Or in personal name (sole proprietor)  in CA (where you must pay $800 yearly plus accounting and other fees $300to $600+ yearly to maintain LLC) Pros for personal name-save on taxes accounting.

Any advice, tips, or scripts for making the initial contact and navigating this process would be greatly appreciated!

Someone who is paying $900/mo to rent a 3 br apartment is given an  opportunity to pay $700-$800 mo with prospect of owning the house, if they never default.

You get what you pay for with a bigger firm that is cheaper.

For example, if you manage the rental yourself then you won't pay a property management fee.

So I was paying under the market rent to live in the property, then moved out and rented my unit and it’s cash flow positive.