This is close to a super popular area of a popular vacation city that is packed with visitors every week and weekend.

She is one of the super sweet, soft-voice, always on your side (but will slice you if it gets her a better commission) realtors.

I wanted to tinkering with them for when my portfolio grew large enough.Another consideration is that I may be taking over management of a bunch of rentals and so wanted to make sure I knew the ins and outs.also with the likelihood of going back to corporate, I may be super tight on time as it's unlikely that I will be just 9-5.it's likely I'll go through them all but was looking to see if any had insight to help speedball my learning curve some.thank you for taking the time to share your process, there are certainly some considerations that I've missedQuote from @Nathan Gesner: Quote from @Alex Lee: If you upgrade to a PRO account, RentRedi membership is a benefit for free (actually $1 to sign up).

Super high demand for rentals after the fire altered our plans, so we became a landlord.

Super helpful!

A year ago, interest rates were super cheap, demand was super high, and even still, prices were getting too high for numbers to work well. 

We all saw some crazy high prices being paid but it was a crazy time...super low inventory, super low interest rates, and a bunch of Californians willing to overpay.  

A plumber wanted somewhere between 4k and 5k for the job.Now, it could be something as simple as a leaky gas pet **** by the stove, the older ones dry out and develop leaks, a super cheap fix and maybe the guy that said it's the stove is in the wrong. 

Also important to view the first one more as a learning experience vs. maximizing profits, as it is super valuable to get the first one out of the way to get started on the journey. 

This led to a building boom, of super high-dollar houses (limited builders and contractors), many of those in not very-ideal locations, cheaply built, sold to the highest bidder, @ 3.5% APR.