You may be serviced 3 times during the storm and a final clean up and salting after the storm .

Supposedly, the CS program has you find folks looking to get their deals funded and as the CS "broker" you get to charge the buyer a % which gets paid at closing.

Buy in a market not too far away, 30 to 1 hr from a decent city center where values are reasonable and a city push out with help your rent and appreciation. 

Quote from @Polat Caglayan: How much do I need to invest for a house and a thousand dollar income?

The key is a great contractor and a clear, detailed, well-thought-out scope of work. 

I currently have $350 dollars that is missing from a chargeback reversal from a tenant that has a document case with Amex and a statement to prove the money was sent back to me. 

Having some prior experience with a flip and a BRRRR locally will definitely come in handy.As someone who’s also from the Bay Area and has done rehabs on my long-term rentals, I wanted to share a bit from my own experience.

We believe that you set your strategy early on during acquisition, and as such, were primarily motivated by cash-on-cash returns and the strategy, with all of its pitfalls, did result in very reasonable IRR over the many years we have held.   

For example, for a 500,000 purchase, the Land Transfer Tax would be approximately 6,475 while if the same house was purchased in the City of Toronto, expect to be charged about 12,950.And as a foreign buyer, a premium would be added: I really don't know the numbers here anymore, consult with a Real Estate lawyer for an estimate here.- Work Permit ?

Smoke detectors are two screws and a batteryScreen door could be tricky depends on if screen just needs repaired or replaced.