@Ali Boone I live in mid-city/hancock park.

Good evening to the BP community!  I am excited about this new venture.  I am currently a stay at home mom, working my accounting business from home as well.  I have RE dreams in mind for myself and family, thus I am ...

Yes the San Diego market can be a tough one to get started in, if you decide to invest out of state choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.

Can anyone tell the process to start a real estate investment company in CA?

However, having researched the question I am under the impression that California law requires notification of any withholding of deposit within 21 days of leaving?

@Mark Moore I like the Trulia guide for cities.

Newbie investor here from iowa city area.

It's not really that complicated: Whole House: ADownstairs: BUpstairs: CA has B&C calendars syncedB has A calendar synced (not C)C has A calendar synced (not B)When a reservation is made on A it blocks the dates on both B and CWhen a reservation is made on B it blocks the dates on A which in turn block them on CWhen a reservation is made on C it blocks the dates on A which in turn block them on CIf you sync B's calendar to C and vice versa, a reservation on B would block C which is not what you'd want

A big factor in that will be the outcome of the November elections for Mayor, city council members, and school board members.

Where we are located, the city requires the water/sewer bill to be in the landlord's name, so the students pay the landlord the rent, water, sewer and trash and then the students pay the electric, gas and cable/internet directly to the utility company.