I could see homes listed daily as well as price adjustments immediately as they occurred, on the homes I had saved.

.- at year 7 if value appreciated a lot, can i do a HELOC on it and use that HELOC to pay off the balloon - probably not due to lien being secondary etc on helocYes on the HELOC, but it would probably be easier just to refi and pay off the seller, and cash out more money too.Hope that helps and good luck!

I need more advice
Just now I suddenly had an idea, the land left by the LA fire and SB-9 (SB-9 allows single-family residential lots to be split into two lots)
Is this a good opportunity?

I relied on a property manager who ended up really messing me up.

@Daniel Baker I would say a lot of it is based on their training or their resources that they utilize to complete your taxes.

Also I am having more and more difficulty finding insurance companies service STRs.My agent recommended a visitor covering option to my regular insurance.

There are some great suggestions here on down payment, interest rate, servicing, and underwriting the borrower.  

What do you work on? 

The closing of this business is what lead me to “double down” on real estate. 

I suppose I could update it to work on real estate, but I am no AI expert.