All situations are specific to individuals.Our best wishes and empathy go out to those LA individuals and communities.It’s been about 6 years since one of our storage locations was flooded for about 4 months.  2 feet over the roof.  

I’ve been around real estate for decades, and I read in The Economist once that in lively markets like Charlotte, folks will pay a premium for a comfortable room if you’re near major employers.A friend of mine tried something similar out in Austin a while back.. he’d inherited a 4-bedroom property and split it into individual room rentals.

I desire to connect with individuals who have had experience investing in real estate while serving in the military on active duty.

Your returns could be increased if you are willing to rent it by the room to individual students. 

After reading so many intros of young, single, eager individuals, I'm hoping I'm not too late to the game! 

Can anyone verify this is OK or is it state by state-regulated based on their individual jurisdiction?  

These costs for most of the individuals are considered personal in nature (unless you have a RE portfolio that is run like a business; see below).

For this reason, I teach people to set policies for renting to unrelated individuals.

The Exclusive Right to Represent makes sense for prospective individual homebuyers, but for real estate investors, it seems unfair and limiting.

Individuals are purchasing these properties, rehabbing them, and raising rents.