Get there in person and find the house in a sink hole or wrapped in meth lab tape or some other huge issue not seen online.#5 There used to be a lady named Sandra Edmonds I believe and she went by the name of TAx Lien Lady. 

If you decide to go the multifamily route, Real Estate lab .com is a multifamily software for deal analysis plus they have many other useful features. 

This is a long revived post- I'll add a little tax pro insight from what's happened in the last 2 years The IRS went from < 100 engineers on staff who were qualified to audit cost segregations to a few hundred. 

My first thought is how do you staff? 

@Jay Fayz for SFR (1-4 family) Classifications are mostly opinion-based.Not aware of anyone tracking eviction rates, except Evictions Lab nonprofit that doesn't like landlords.Here's some info that might helpt:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

Therefore, your request for a Type 2 STR exceeded the maximum 12.5% blockface density and the only way that staff can approve this request is for the Board of Adjustment (BOA) to grant a Special Exception for the rental.Based on this information your STR permit has been cancelled.

(We're from California as well) Everything has been extremely smooth so far and their staff has been excellent with their customer service.