Difficult likely to get rid of bad tenants and paperwork night mare.

As long as they aren't staying every night and there are no parties or other concerning activities.

That's how you get the best of both worlds.I will defer to your judgement / answers as you are going to be more of an expert in the area and I am just basing it on spending a few months there and potentially wanting to live there in the future.Maybe I chose a wrong word when I said 'poor'.I stayed in Madrid during my time and I just based my response based on discussions I had with locals and 'high level research' on the internetIt appears that unemployment rate is high in Spain at around 11 percent with a higher rate for those who are younger.A had discussions with many where they are mentioning to go outside of Spain if they want to further their career or get a higher salary.locals have told me that it is difficult to start a business in Spain from getting approval and the taxes are higher for those that are self-employed.My personal assessment, which I think agrees with yours, it will be hard to make a rental work if you target it to locals but if you target it to outsiders, you can make it work.During my stay in Madrid - I stayed in Chamberi, Lavapies, La Latina, Malasana and spend around $60 to $120 a night mostly in airbnb's(basic rooms with basic furniture). 

Maybe in even self manage if to save that cost if your very close by, I'm talking 30 minute drive.This is not going to happen over night, I bought my first house in 2006 and 18 years later I still have not completely replaced my 9-5 income.  

"couldn't confront the tenant directly because he manages it remotely from Oregon"....... what a horrible cop outThe city could document the HUNDRED of night the unit was booked as a STR....and the LL made ZERO effort after the first issue to monitor to see if hit the STR market again?

Hi Ariana-Congratulations on deciding to become a real estate salesperson.You asked about passing the exam to be licensed in California and business in general.As far as passing the exam, I remember taking my real estate coursework at night, in person, after work.

I have a higher nightly rate because I can sleep more people, my taxes and insurance are higher.  

some complexes are grandfathered in and can do nightly or weekly rentals but there are few. 

That means you need to average a nightly rate without the cleaning fees of $240 on a small cabin. 

- Motion trigger activation, and I’d prefer if it would record longer than 30 seconds when triggered - The ability to download and store videos - Real time notification on my phone when camera is triggered - similar to my Ring doorbell I use at my home- Cameras record both video and AUDIO- My ability to talk to people through the cameras would be a bonus - Night vision for outside cameras a bonus- Ability to remotely swivel horizontally - and vertically?