I bought from a primary homeowner in Indianapolis metro area who took really good care of this home (I did live in this house and rented it out when I moved back to California) and from a flipper in Indy more recently.As far as primary homeowners, they can range from taking really good care of the house to someone who has a lot of deferred maintenance - I renovated a local property that had a lot of issues.  

If you've enjoyed a lot of appreciation in the value of your primary home, you may want to start a timer to sell before losing the "lived in the house for 2 of the last 5 years" capital gains exemption (limited; not infinite, but big).  

Purchased in 2013 for 60k.

I think LLCs are over rated unless you have to hold the property in one for financing like most DSCR lenders will require.

Purchase price: $175,000 Cash invested: $65,000 Sale price: $315,000 This was our second flip project located in Sacramento  Congrats Aaron!

What water source is in that area?

I have heard positive things - expect lower overall returns in exchange for them doing the work! 

Do a 1 year lease or if you want to avoid a vacancy in the winter, do 6 or 18 month. 

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Great points from @Doug Smith and some I will be leveraging in my own work.We do some "pitching" of startups to landlords and while not a 1:1 comparison we generally also leverage the credibility of the team or consultants that the startup is using to mitigate their risk.