We spent the next two years hiring an architect to help us with the rezoning process and finally embarked on getting it zoned commercial changing the occupancy status from R-3 to B, S-1.

What areas have you found to be successful in building a buyers list?

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

I don't personally utilize this strategy, but many other people do so successfully so you might look into that.

Your post may resonate with someone who is in the process of listing a traditional rental but who had never previously considered arbitrage.Please keep us posted on this thread on how you ultimately find your successful leads.

Cali is a tough market and a ballers market, depending on where in the state but there's plenty of zones in Cali where a real estate deal will cost way more than 75k, I also here the permitting process is a pure headache out there. 

So ideally software to manage the process would be idea.  

Germain, part of having a great cleaner, and great reviews as a result, is taking great care of your cleaner, which in addition to paying them well and quickly means also setting them up for success.

When it comes to hands-on work, we partner clients up with teams on the ground that have helped us successfully flip hundreds of homes, and understand the overall strategy and execution of these micro-flips.

How difficult a process is foreclosing on an empty lot?