Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

In the VAST majority of good rental markets function is MUCH more important than form (aesthetics).

Marketing it as an MTR might be a good alternative so long as Sacramento doesn't also regulate MTRs.

It opened doors to new markets for agricultural products such as cotton, sugar, and grains, laying the foundation for prosperous farming and trade economies across the newly acquired territories.Investors keen on infrastructure development saw potential in establishing trade routes, settlements, and towns that would eventually grow into thriving cities.

My thinking is the storage unit at 2600 mo is much more wiser than 54k in the money market at 5.2 %. 

Where are you finding a buyer’s market?

3) Poor marketing / sales.  

This will help you research the Scottsdale rental market.

What this narrow group of investors have in common though is they know the market well because they lived there for a couple years.

This may increase the housing supply on the market.