HOA would easily eat into your cash flow / profit, or sometimes you have no control what would happen in the decision making. 

Colorado- While rent control can apply in certain cities, there are places in CO that have very low vacancy rates- elevating the overall rent you might be able to collect (obviously in a % monthly rental yield ratio objective to purchase price). 

Good quick read on rent control plans for the Bay Area:http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/artic...Cash flow isn't an easy find out here unless your buying at huge discounts and/or adding killer value through rehabs.

OR if that fails, hire a plumber that does sewer cameras or pipe locating, they will have devices that they can track...

I think the safe T act is going to make a bad situation worse up there and I anticipate crime rates going up and eventually more people will leave the city. you may have a situation like New York in the 70s where crime got out of control and the market/city took a hit, prices came down and opened up opportunities for people in the 80s to invest and build the city back up after they finally realized something needed to be done. just my thoughts though. 

You are allowed to buy the tenant out either ‘cash 4 keys’ or pay them the city relocation fee which is pretty high and can be found here:  https://housing.lacity.org/wp-...Whatever you do, don’t irritate the tenant because under the LA rules, you still cannot evict a tenant for non-payment of rent.You don’t want a situation where a tenant decides they no longer want to pay rent.Unfortunately, LA is a different beast and rent control in this area follows different guidelines. 

First off, our team replied and engaged in your live chats and emails really fast during business hours and were working through the issues w/ you... but the one issue we had no control over was the Godaddy issue. 

For them, it's damage control. 

People's lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed.

If it appears abandoned, change the locks and take control of the property immediately.When Tenants abandon, they often leave a lot of stuff behind.