Life is so incredibly short. 

My brother and I are partners in a successful flip company for the past 10 years in the hampton roads area of VA. 

What is term of lease?  

One strategy that has consistently brought me success is seller carry financing and creative deal structuring.

The policies that are so obviously destructive in many blue states (rent control, NIMBYsm for zoning, high taxes, regulations, fees) are huge obstacles that present real risks in the short-term and with very newsworthy headline outliers.But, these same policies are also a landlord's best friend in the long-term. 

I am curious to know if there is anyone that has been successful doing this in LA.

DSCR is for when you can't qualify on your own and want the rent to be the collateral (in very general terms) and when you are house hacking, you want the low money down.

San Antonio has been one of the cities with the largest increase in short-term rentals in recent years.

Short-term goals might include acquiring your first property, learning the basics of property management, or networking with other investors.

Rates were in the double digits and terms weren't the greatest.