(Although I'm getting conflicting reports and wildly variying estimates on post-move out quotes--from the same inspector!

So you sold it for $20k which would reduce the asset side of the balance sheet and if you exceeded your basis it would move to profit and loss statement.Then in future when you get payments it will all go the the profit and loss since you exceeded your basis

The guy seems to have some sort of anxiety, as he got really upset when we moved them out for two days to fix something with the house to satisfy the county (at our expense, of course). 

There are also very few houses on the market and the ones that get listed usually move pretty quick.

To me, when you say house hack, that means buying a property as a primary residence with a low down payment, living in it for a year, and then moving out and renting it.

This Sunday we move our clocks an hour forward.

I'm still thinking if this is the right move for me given the high property taxes there, hassles of out-of-state management, additional CA taxes, as opposed to simply investing in index funds (which might have more returns).

I have grown up in "metro" Detroit area (Warren, Chesterfield, Macomb Twp) and for the past 3.5 years worked for a moving company in the same area doing sales and became a sales manager.

I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus.

Respond, pass the inspection, and move on.