Between my photo copies of government ID, lease where they initial and sign all over, and the signed application with all of their personal information which I verified through a background check, I think it may be difficult for them to succeed with this.I feel a tenant should always pay the credit card fees. 

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 

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I’m definitely not looking to house hack, and not sure how I feel about flipping yet since I’m not that experienced.

I feel like that will be the best place for me to start my RE journey. 

Feel free to reach out if you’d like.

I feel I have asked my CPA too many questions and want to see how other people handle this.

Also, after reading RPI by Brandon Turner, I'm aware of multiple strategies, but since I've never actually invested or bought a property yet, I feel like I'm overwhelemd by all the options, and find it hard to get started. 

The owners are feeling pain from their property it could be the children who inherited the property, poor management leading to deferred maintenance, vacancies, and many other inefficiencies.Most owners in this spot are looking for a way to end the pain they are feeling and many will take a path that solves their problems and gives them something in return to justify the sale.

If you would ever want to invest down in Southern California, please feel free to reach out.