As an agent I always tell this to my investor clients who are looking to sell:If it is a single family home - you are better off selling it vacant with fresh paintIf it is a duplex/triplex/quad - leaving one unit vacant and "rent-ready" can be beneficial. 

I re-zoned the property successfully, have full construction drawings and are nearing permit for 8 apartment units.

If tenant doesn't pick them up, then I auction the storage unit off.

Wholesaling in SoCal can be tough....i haven't found the competition factor a set-back yet..if your really out in the streets, knocking on doors, at your court houses, county buildings consistently you find there are not as many wholesalers as you may think actively wholesaling.....there are quiet a bit of people talking and wanting to get in...i use the county buildings and the court houses for my leads...there are some really great untapped resources and tons of different types of leads you can get from those two places...and of course I have not discovered anything brand new...im just realizing the sucess is in the fight and how hard you want it...when i found out about these two sources i started to pull data from them and let me tell you it was overwhelming...but it was a gold mine...before i made enough money to pay someone to do this for me....i had to spend hours and hours and hours daily scrubbing data....finding address and owners names...etc...i have a system now and it runs smooth...i find some really great deals throughout LA County and Riverside County...I have 2 cash buyers that have bought all my deals...thats another important thing find real cash buyers...when i first started out i didnt have real buyers and i found out other wholesalers were acting as cash buyers just passing my deals on and on and it became a daisy chain leading to no where...Anyway i love wholesaling and i could type all day..if you want some creative ideas to find properties PM me....but dont give up...and don't let anyone discourage you about SoCal...its tough and it will literally make you cry....lol but its great place to start wholesaling...if your willing to put in the work...

With a spirit of innovation, I transformed a single-family residence into a semi-multi-unit dwelling, aspiring to provide affordable housing.

There are somewhere between 14 and 16 million vacant housing units spread across the country.

The building has the following addressing scheme for the units: '123 Main St.

They really should be able to terminate even faster since they haven't onboarded or done anything yet (maybe a background check at most)You are the owner of the unit - so yes you can refuse to sign or approve any tenant generally (unless your contract specifies otherwise which would be incredibly odd - my PM runs potential tenants by me first)

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

For those investors who are looking to acquire and occupy a 2-4 unit MF property, it's going to be a lot easier to do so.