Both of mine purchase tax liens and now both own multiple tax deed properties that are now rental houses.

Can someone confirm if the city's "Housing Rental License" is sufficient to list on Airbnb and VRBO for MTR??

You may also have squatters sneak into your house from those platforms that don't screen guests well.

I am currently house-hacking an upper/lower duplex and recently had a tenant turnover.

@Bruce Tieuhouse hacking is a great way to get started and I think your plan is great - but I would reset your expectations on the numbers:1. the goal of a house hack isn't to live for free. 

Drove by the California Green Line stop yesterday and the houses look beautiful but so much news out of E.

I have heard Midwest is good for a house flip.

My contractor had a landscaper mow the lawn and trim the shrubs  on a house we are working.

We have an older housing stock that has a lot of opportunity to add value.

Try to save the houses that are most similar to yours and watch them daily to see if they lower the rent, offer incentives, or get rented. 1.