Here's some excerpt from ours that you may find helpful.MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES.Landlord will maintain all electrical, plumbing, heating, and other facilities and appliances supplied by Landlord in good working order.Landlord will perform periodic inspections of the premises, no less than once a year, for the purpose of property maintenance and repair.Landlord will notify Tenant in advance of the inspection.

@Frank JonesIf the brokerage you are currently with is at 50/50 splits and isn’t providing any incentives to justify that type of split, I’d look into what other brokerages in your area are offering.There are many variables that play into commission splits offered by brokerages.

And of course there are significant variables within the Bay Area; Vallejo is a totally different story than the peninsula or SF.

Is the water supply adequate?

This is because HELOC is not used as purchase money and (in some states) the lender will be able to sue you for deficiency.Risk: HELOC rates are usually variable rather than fixed.Risk: HELOC will go on your personal credit report, whereas investment property mortgage could be on a business credit report.

If I had someone willing to make the trips to Home Depot for supplies so my workers could stay on site that would be great value added.  

This is why I prefer only supplying ranges and dishwashers in my rentals.

Of course there are many other variables dictating whether or not a deal is "good."

They're not sustainable.CA prices double every decade on average for the last 40+ years ... doubled in the 70's, doubled in the 80's, doubled in the 90's, doubled in the 00's ... every decade the cries that it is overvalued were the same ... and yet, high demand and persistently limited supply kept on keepin' on, Chicken Little's be damned.

There are so many variables on what can go wrong with TK.