she paid rent late every month since she moved in Dec 2023.

Even with the current market inventory is moving since it is a more affluent market used for building your equities and long term wealth. 

if you have another investment opportunity ahead then why not cut your losses, sell for what you can and move on to the next opportunity? 

Ours has been full with people moving to the area looking to buy.

was thinking of letting them know I leg rent more than a certain amount here in California unless that person decided to move out and one of their other not on the contract tenants signed a new lease at the higher rate?  

So i dont really have a landlord since before he moved in with his mom he owned a house in Utah from 2016-2022.  

Keep investing and moving forward!

Newbie here to the real estate investing world, but really eager to get my feet wet.I currently live in San Jose, but am deciding to move to a cheaper location where I can get my first property.

Moving through Stabilization rather quickly.

Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property, I would start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.