Vermin issues can be extremely destructive both externally and internally.

See if they can tell you what you have to do to get approved with their underwriting standards in 6 months so that you are ready.

If you plan on renting it out in a standard tenant lease format, then I'd probably recommend selling off the furniture first. 

What other obstacles are you facing ie. changes to platforms standard operating procedures, additional cleaning requirements etc.

Normal rentals pay little to no taxes whereas vacation rentals tend to be standard income, so you will be taxed more on your income.

(Insert standard California refrain: "It's too expensive here")I was planning to form an out of state LLC to avoid California's annual $800 LLC fee.However, California law requires that if an out-of-state LLC is managed from within California, it still has to pay the $800 annual fee!

While you can guess the downpayment was a standard amount, you have no way of knowing therefore it isn't disclosed.Agents do disclose the purchase price back to the MLS as that is part of our MLS agreement.

@Ebi Amiri I would check out your local Business Networkig Internationals (BNI) group.

Is that the standard millage rate around there?

For stocks, I have a very boring and bland strategy, every 2 weeks I will automatically invest $500 into 3 Vanguard index funds (Total US Stock Market 60%, Total International Stock Market 20%, and Total Bond Market 10%).