@Melvin Yuen is right about rent control in Oakland, in addition to SF and Berkeley - in addition to all sort of other tenant protections such as 'just cause' eviction protections and other tenant rights.

We put two other properties up as additional collateral to get the original loan on the property.

As of now, home sellers will have to pay additional taxes on short sale.

Hi Kevin,Telling them to call their accountant puts additional burdens (road blocks) on them.

Additionally, I believe you need all property owners within a certain radius of your property to sign off on it.

I ended up choosing to redo both closets, put in a organized system and repainted with scented paint additives.

Access to financing has been my biggest issue, so I'm now considering mobile home communities instead of or in addition to single family homes.Thanks.

Additional food for thought.

- What happens during overruns - additional capital contributions?

Also, you can review the listings that you find to see you can get away with charging additional for the cleaning that will be required between each visitor to cover that.Finally, be sure to check the HOA's for the condo, usually condo's in resort areas have no "less than 30 day rental restrictions" in the bylaws, but most condo's in the city specifically forbid it.A lost note of caution is if the area is only good for skiing - one poor snow year and poof your profit goes away with the sunshine...