I previously lived in this property and never locked myself out of my room so I never looked nor do I even know if I have a key for the bedroom door.

Currently I am working in partnership on a luxury Air Bnb property in the Philippines to familiarize myself in short-term rentals.I live in Cerritos, CA and am looking to invest into a multi-family home to house-hack in Orange County, CA to get started.I will need a residential agent and possibly a contractor.I look forward to learning and hopefully working with you all!

Short term rentals are legal when the host is living in the same apartment as the guests and there are no more than 2 guests staying with the host."

I lived there for 10 years.

I recently purchased my first duplex in Peoria, AZ in September and I am using it as a house hack where I rent out one side and live in the other.

buy a small multi and live in the smaller unit. 

Live in one and rent the other units out!

It very well could become a large enough investment to be worthwhile, also solving for "unexpected emergencies ", for the most part and would an easy self management situation if you were to live onsite in one of your connected townhomes.

I informed them that their contract states they are expected to pay up until the end of the agreement regardless of living their or not. 

Where I live, we still have a severe shortage of homes--median time on market is still 7 days and it would likely be shorter if not for delayed negations being the norm.