@Nick Maugeri It also depends on your level of risk tolerance for whether you want to leverage a property and if there are issues with the property that will not allow it to be financed initially.

@Ryan Beesley if the properties are rented this shouldn't be that big of an issue.  

But there's are a host of other California (and Washington and Oregon) issues to consider: 1) Rent control.

A search and seizure warrant was signed off and issued for tenants son who resided at my property from evidence I assume acquired by law enforcement.Need eviction attorney recommendation:This started out as a termination for the lease clause mentioned above.

I've got a decent network in Chicago already, and it would just take time.The end game would be to not work for anybody but myself, and turn, say $800k into retirement money 10 years from nowAJ - the issue with recapturing, is that in order to pull enough equity out of this existing home, I'd need to make X amount working a sound job in the city.

Yeah I want to expand my portfolio to more non-STRs but want to know if I reach the hour requirements in my non-STR portfolio, would being self employed, paying myself a W2 salary (but most of my income is from shareholder distributions be an issue? 

I’ve spoke to others that have had the same issue, it’s a shame but it happens. 

Noble goal but you may run into cashflow issues right now with current rates so I'm not sure I'd be too focused on the next deal just right now.I'd try to pick a solid area of the metro that has a lot of small multifamily.

I just don’t want to create legal issues or headaches for the future, but I cannot continue to work with someone who is not proactive enough.Please help me with your insightful advices.

@Aaron Landau  depends on the area but most areas it is not an issue when you are living in the house, it would be like a roommate situation.