You can’t really predict how much your property taxes will go up, not even the county can give you an exact number until it’s reassessed.

The primary goal is to identify all property-related costs that can be depreciated over five, seven and 15 years.

So i can take in automatically all of the listings into our database 

If you have a larger portfolio & some infrastructure behind you it can be nice because you can off set your losses with all of your gains.

You can upgrade location, year built, and cash flow through a 1031 exchange.

As best you can find out the regulations and if possible the sentiment of the community. 

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

Evaluating a new property manager (PM) can definitely feel daunting, especially when you're 500 miles away.

As much as I'd love to be in the straight B class, living in SoCal and wanting my first purchase to be close I simply cannot make my first investment in a B from what I can tell so far.

I can see that third bullet point affecting arbitragers for sure.