I also recommend that you reach out to @Josh Green, he is the local expert in the area to assist with your home search and is also an investor himself.

They said they can lend conventional 30yr with 7.5-8% interest and a few upfront points if it appraises for enough and I have 25% down. 

It’s better to have a presence at the property and I have found the tenants to be a lot more high maintenance.

I would like to do SFRs as well and I think out of state rentals would be much less stressful than flips.

It has appreciated a good amount and I am ready to sell it for a decent profit various reasons.

Most lawyers have said this is a security and I need a syndication, but most accountants say they set up LLCs that way all the time...

When I use a virtually staged photo, it actually says "Virtual image" on the picture, we state there are virtually staged images in the public comments, and I include a picture of the room as it actually is without the staging so viewers can see reality vs. virtual.

In the house that I hope to rent out to mid-term travelers there is a treadmill and I am thinking whether to keep it there. 

My current mortgage payment is $3023, and I have only 9 years left on my loan term.

The tenant is over 60 years old and is the sole occupant of the house.For the 2nd one (1949 23rd Ave, SF, CA 94116), I don't know the current rent.