I know many people that would laugh at such a request.

It has been suggested to call these people 1hr prior to the showing time to verify they still plan to come.

. $140 equity in our primary residence that we’d be open to getting a HELOC on (would love feedback on if people recommend this or not).Given our limited available resources for down payment, high home prices, and higher interest rates, is now a bad time for first time investors to enter the market?

I think you'll be able to help a lot of people here! 

People fill up when they leave their house on the way to work. 

I'd really like to hear from people who have a 4 bed pool house near Disney if $48K per year net revenue is realistic.

I would try to find people who are in the position you want to be, try to provide them some type of value, and ask how they did it. 

You'd be surprised just how many people are living paycheck to paycheck. 

That is a total of 8 people on the lease.

It sounds like in California, no you cannot get records of people who have had their water turned off unless you can convince "..the utility... that the public interest in disclosure (of these records) clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”The paragraphs below are from here https://firstamendmentcoalitio...Unfortunately, there is a specific exemption under the California Public Records Act that exempts from disclosure “the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of utility customers to local agencies,” though it goes on to state that such information may be made released “[u]pon determination by the local agency that the public interest in disclosure of the information clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”