I have ask my landlord to replace my carpet since it's been over 10 years since I moved in she has agreed to replace the carpet on several occasions  however stated that  the property owner needs to come and inspect the carpet to make sure that  it is not  above and beyond normal wear and tear it is my understanding that in California the carpet should be replaced after 10 years  it is has bugs in it  there is no padding left  it is filthy grungy and it's already been cleaned twice and no  difference  because I am diabetic if I can have it replace laminate flooring that are being installed and all the  recently vacated units  which are being renovated I asked her on several occasions if I can have laminate floor instead of carpet and she stated that they cannot install laminate flooring in upstairs units due to the noise however I just discovered that the unit adjacent to mine on the upstairs floor  just  was renovated and they installed laminate flooring as this discrimination can I demand  this type of flooring  and ask  her about the new laminate flooring on the second floor policy and why I am unable to  have the same  can I demand that type of flooring or do I have to have carpet  I also feel she is being discriminating against me for no reason  she has been short when I ask for repairs  I asked to move to the downstairs unit and she gave me a whole rant about how she doesn't think that the property owners would allow me to move down there based on my rent being late once or twice  and a bunch of other reasons which I don't think it's her business  to point these things out to me or rather she should just give me the application or instructions on how to go about it and let the property owners make that decision  do I have any basis for discrimination  complaint against her with the fair housing authorities  California

And then, since I'm the contractor, bookkeeper, tax lady, and homeschool mom, I'm thinking it sounds simpler and worth the extra costs to simply let the guy stay there as a buddy, and pay him through an employee leasing service, do no rental income (or bookkeeping, or Schedule C), and just run it as a regular flip.  

Im a regular attendee of the main KREIA meeting and some of the sattelite meetings. its invaluable info, and very large.

Street parking only (we had exceptions when unloading lots of stuff from their car of course).You want them to be clear on what they must keep clean.

park owned homes are not a good thing.. they are tough to maintain the parts are not available like regular houses you may want to rethink this.. banks generally will NOT lend on the homes and don't like parks were the owner owns all the homes because of on going repairs.. also you should put this In Market place if your trolling for investors.

There's a lot of nuance and Reverse exchanges are quite a bit more pricey than a regular 1031. 

Current owner has apparently added more clean-outs for the sewer (~3 years ago) and states that when he bought the property in 2014 he put about $5k into water lines to take care of several leaks.

I have found templates for our lease agreement, pet addendum and a move out cleaning addendum. 

Knock on wood, that seems to keep some of the issues to a minimum.Also we have a regular AC guy, and we have a general idea what a new unit costs. 

I was residential loan officer/mortgage broker from 2000 to 2008 and a Realtor since 1993.  2008 and the next few years were difficult times to be in real estate finance so I jumped to bank owned sales during this time, so I have both perspectives.Both as an LO/mortgage broker and real estate agent I would regularly have banks/lenders ask for a comp-based appraisal and a rental survey on 2-4 units properties; which is Fannie Mae Form 1025/Freddie Mac Form 72.