I follow up with a phone call to confirm receipt and answer questions.

@Andrew Lax I just used google and looked up California ( sf Bay Area ) and it’s said and every 40 year appreciation of 6 percent, I have no crystal ball but if history repeats itself then I may not be to far from real numbers , who knows ? 

30 DAY  and move on, YES that simple, unless they can come up to at least 1500. 

Not super interested in STRs at the moment, since I think I would have a hard time keeping up with the management. 

I picked up a cabin there in 2021.  

Fix up-front everything you know is broken or will break soon.

In that situation, would you just try to find someone trustworthy enough to give you a referral fee say, instead of a formal contract assignment and have them just write up the offer so you aren't tied to it?

Don’t the closing costs from buying and selling an investment property eat up all the appreciation (and mortgage principal paydown)?

I looked up rabbits as pets.

Stuff always comes up you don't expect.