Im sure given the nature of COVID right now, its hard to get random people to live with each other - thus not a lot of room rentals in the area

The market will naturally slow down as we head into low season (winter months).

They are for homeowners only.It's been awhile since I've looked at one Tom but I seem to recall the policy being limited to property improved with a one to four family improvement with the insured being a natural person. 

I'm not looking for handouts or anything of that nature.

Multiple heads can account for multiple rooms.More expensive option but a good fix would be replace the current furnace with natural gas forced air.

Home has natural gas, walkout basement and about 75 feet of frontage.

While people may not need to be located here for week, people still want to live in the Bay Area for the schools, nature, weather etc. 

Some of the people that are growing their portfolio by a lot faster scale usually started small in the beginning.Some of the success stories that are frustrating you are extremely fabricated and/or there are parts of the story they are leaving out.

Is that the general nature of doing BRRRR deals?

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