Sorry to hear about your situation, depending on the lease if you have in there where they cover expenses caused by negligence. defiantly bill them. also curious, is the water heater tankless?

Analyze rental demand, vacancy rates, and property appreciation trends.Property Suitability: Choose a property that will be attractive both as a rental and as your future primary residence.

This is where you may specifically want a lawyer to take action for you depending on how difficult evictions are in your state. 

I definitely think it will continue, but each project will depend on the the lot and any specifics to the location.

Note that CA tends to have higher tax rates so if CA taxes $10k of rental income sourced in Ohio at a 9% rate, but you only paid, say, 4% to Ohio, maybe you'll get a credit for the 4%, but you're likely still paying the 5% differential to CA. 

Depends on the county.

Construction financing is very different than financing a stabilized property which  generally comes down to rate, leverage and pre-payment penalties.

Now, in July 2024, competition has waned, but home prices are hot, and rates even higher.

We currently have all time low interest rates. 

No one sells an actual performing asset at a real life high cap rate.