If permits are needed, you must check to see if you can pull them as the homeowner or need a General Contractor to do so.

If the local zoning permits it, you need to check your condo/ HOA association next: most of them don't allow short-term rentals but some do.

They are out 2x a year servicing and checking.

I'm trying to help out other CA investors (I still think buying locally is better than an inexpensive property OOS where you can't check up on the property)I don't know the Peninsula well but expensive Palo Alto, Los Gatos, Cupertino would be Class A to me.

The huge negative is that you're not there in person to check on the properties frequently. 

chat with everyone. everyone. i talk to people in line at the check out at stores. you never know who you will meet. some people cant do this. or wont. we can fix cant.

Check Your Area’s Water Level: Often overlooked, especially by new investors unfamiliar with septic systems, the effectiveness of a septic system hinges on its leach fields.

Will def check that out. 

Check the meter reading on prior months bill and check the water meter on the day they move out.

But this review stuck out to me, posted just a day ago:Jane Pritchard - “I’ve been a member with Moore for a while and I’ve gotten so I’m hesitant to have them come and do the free maintenance check because I’m left with not really knowing if there are really these monumental problems brewing with my furnace and/or AC or if they are just very well trained salesmen out to create more business.