Avoid the rent control areas and focus on areas that can provide a 7+ cap rate (instead of aiming for 10+).Have you focused your search only on the west side or any part of the county.

@Rafael FlorestaWe run/control our crews due to the amount of inventory.AC

They wouldn't make any money if it weren't for home controllers like you.

Each layer of protection costs less per dollar of coverage than the one beneath it, precisely because the risk pool will produce more small claims than large ones.

However, I noticed that the price to rent is comparable to the fixed monthly costs (mortgage, taxes, insurance, condo fee) if I were to purchase a place, and I would have control over making modifications to suit my needs.

For example, landscape maintenance, pest control, gutter cleaning and snow removal.

Some are going to want full control of the deal, and you out of the way (wholesale).

She is clearly in control of the situation and has you on your heels.

As to choice of law, federal law controls how bankruptcies work, but individual states decide what exemptions apply to property of the debtor.

You would not technically "own" the property this year, but you would control it- don't know it that qualifies as meeting your goal or not ;)