She stopped paying in June and I served a notice to QUIT followed by Dispossision. 

Although I have already read about the laws related to security deposit matter in CA Civil Code Section 1950.5, I would like the property owners with similar experiences to me consider my situation and advise me regarding the following items1- How to calculate their security deposit and provide an itemized list, while I do not have any invoice in my hands. 2- As my tenants have not left any forwarding address, shall I contact and ask her the new address for sending the itemized list?

They can be strict but as long as there are no major issues you should be fine.Best of luck!

For instance, I used to listen to DAve Ramsey who says to drive a beater...So I followed his advice and at one point I had to put 8K into that beater.

We just completed two refis in Providence but the appraisal didn't come back at the target and I'd love to hear any stories from local investors who've followed a BRRRR strategy. 

Succinctly, I think there's an art and a science and that you should use conservative underwriting and follow the data.

The process a professional landlord would follow is to issue the pay or quit notice to a tenant the day following when rent is due, normally the second of the month.

I've been following Dr Dotzour for a few years.

The second you follow the masses you will be nothing better than mediocre... simple as that.This investing game i hard, rough brutal.

If you're thinking about moving into it in the future and having the family right there, that's a completely separate thing for you to weight versus just comparing strict investments.