As well as a bed/mattress, dresser & nightstand in the bedrooms.

At this point I don't love it but the old landlord did not manage well and had bad leases in place.Just to be clear this is a C area with $650 rents for one bed and $750 for two beds.

Wear leather gloves and hearing protection.22 STRs with 82 beds is what I have. 

i got two offers atm accepted, need to decide quick:- Ocean and Bayview ave- 2 family, 6 bed 2 bath, turnkey, offer at 395k. quite big, small attached garage, big 2 floors 3 bedrooms in each. basement not finished. area as previous people said - war zone in some way - but then again i could probably take it for a while.

Simons island (3-bed/2-bath condo off-market on Demere Street) and would appreciate some tips on managing the rentals from distance (currently live in Connecticut although used to live in Valdosta and Waycross).

I spoke to a realtor who stated 1 bed 1 bath beachfront rent the best with the best return, about 6%.  

That market is not going away.I can't deny that there is a ton of money tied up in real estate around here, but I have to wonder if the aging tech crowd is going to sell out as they retire and take that $900k somewhere where it can do more for them than help upgrade from 3 bed to a 4 bed.Or, at the very least, I wonder if the kids are going to go elsewhere when Mom and Dad kick the bucket.As far as property values and salaries (and the 8x factor in Cupertino), I didn't say that idly.There is no ACS data for the last two years of salary data, so I made some pretty aggressive assumptions.

Raising the rent $25/mo on six 1 beds is easier than getting a $150/mo bump on a unit or two.

I just did a 2 bed 2 bath that is 1600sqft and for sherwin williams paint I can tell you between walls, trim, and ceiling i probably paid $800-$1000 in supplies and paint alone (not including the sprayer already owned that). 

In LA and so cal the rent to value ratios are fractional compared to many other states.If you're lucky you'll get .5% monthly rent to price ratio and in highly contested areas its not unusual to get .25-.35% in terms of monthly gross rents relative to asking sales price.example: 2300 2 bed room rent to purchase price of 625,000 = .368% RV ratioIn my experience you'll probably need a min of around .6-.7% RV ratio to break even with your maintenance, debt service, property management, etc.