Mom & pop deals are hard to analyze. 

We all do it, but it kills us.Local governments will find that out when all the mom and pop landlords are gone and they're dealing with unreachable corporations and wondering why they can't abuse landlords like they did before.

My goal would be to take the difference in rent and keep it in a bank account and only use it for repairs or whatever would pop up. 

You won’t be able to cash flow a house hack but you might be able to significantly reduce your housing payment and then invest the savings for a nice return.There are plenty of mom and pop real estate investors in California and Palmdale seems to have more attractive prices than many other markets.

The bank sent an inspector I didn't know and the only thing he noted on the inspection was the water heater pop off valve drain pipe wasn't long enough, and there was an open water line with a valve shut off that wasn't capped.

Numbers don't really work for anything thats been hitting the MLS.One popped up on.the same street as my duplex in 78745 this week.

@shiloh lundahl hope this works - your name did not pop up when I typed "@"From your description, it sounds like I am an average investor since building equity has been my primary goal this age.

As you move from national, to regional, to mom and pop local tenants then the intensity of management and risk to the cash flow stream can change.You mention a Whole foods strip mall deal.

I use that as my reserve funds and for funding in case a deal pops up that I want to jump on. 

I doubt BP will want me to publish emails and phone numbers, so google the Assemblyperson's name and their contact info should pop up.Members of the New York State Assembly Membership of the Assembly represented by an equal-area projection since the 2018 electionDistrictMemberPartyFirst electedCounties1Fred ThieleInd1995+Suffolk2Jodi GiglioRep2020Suffolk3Joe DeStefanoRep2018Suffolk4Steve EnglebrightDem1992+Suffolk5Douglas M.