@Robb AlmyHere is what struck me“In total, 224 investors who own short-term or long-term single-family, condo, or townhome rental properties completed the survey.

Student rentals really drive the market, but thanks to recent zoning changes, legal student rentals are incredibly hard to come by.

I should have bought rentals many years before.

Just do it for one year, and you will see results fast.The issue is when you pick one strategy, then a month later, you want to change, then 3 months later you want to do something else, then 2 years later you have not done a deal yetin my journey, I was broke, so I started wholesaling, then I expanded to Fix and Flips, then to rentals, then owner financing and notes and commercial properties.

Also someone asked the question I'm curious to know too, can we set up our own LLCs in our own states for a rental without issues?

We’ve considered setting it up for a corporate rental or a rental for traveling nurses. 

live in California and have rentals in California and Arizona.

You also don't want to over-improve but if you're keeping it as a rental you don't want to have to replace them within the first few years either. 

I read the book Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner, did some research, played with the buying calculator and rental, listened to some podcast.

I also have some kind of language about that the house rental is not a guarantee, until the background check is completed.