Unfortunately many giving advice on here also have no idea of the risk involved in renting to certain tenants and will give the wrong advice.  

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Furthermore, lets say you are have a top marginal rate of 22% (taxable income of $38,701 to $82,500 filing single; $77,401 to $165,000 filing married )--you would then be paying $4,400 to $5,170 in taxes on the recapture.

If I file a complaint with the BRE, and they issue a desist and refrain letter, what happens if the "property manager" ignores it and continues to practice property management anyway?

Stay involved, stay positive and you will get to where you want to be!

sign a W9 and issue the 1099 to debit your end or your entity and they receive this as income and they file the income at their rate while you deduct it at your rate.

In the near future, I would like to get involved with flipping properties and implementing the BRRRR strategy.

I love how I can export a date range from Homeaway to an excel file.

Is it better to file for eviction or to file for ejectment?

There is also a lot of skill involved that are challenging to get correct until experience is obtained.