Hi @Noa Lukela, many of my clients (buy and hold) who are ready to buy additional rentals are seeing the same challenges you've alluded to. 

In theory, I could pull that and some additional equity out.  

I delayed more than $60k in taxes even though I live in a state with no state income tax or it could have been closer to $90kMy TOTAL additional cost was $700 give or take.

Electric can also be an issue in California, but it sounds like that you've checked on that...but sometimes just because a lot is infill with poles everywhere doesn't mean that the electric company wouldn't require a long amount of time to process electrical plans on their end and sometimes they end up having to replace a pole or add a transformer, etc due to additional load demand. 

I don't have income verification or returns available and my Fico Mortgages 5, 4 and 2 scores are 616, 560 and 621 at Equifax, Transunon and Experian respectively.I have up to 180K cash for a down and $50k in additional reserves.

In other words, there are no fees beyond their monthly rent.In my market, people who are renting for 3 months want all that an STR would provide and no additional fees.

You can use a variety of Creative Financing such as a WRAP.WRAP – A wraparound mortgage "wraps" around the seller's existing mortgage, meaning the total loan amount includes the unpaid balance of the original mortgage plus the additional funds needed to finance the purchase.

If your hold period is short, it may not make sense to take bonus depreciation.BENEFIT - Clearly additional depreciation is the benefit, but only if you can use it. 

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.

After talking to support (who were actually quite responsive and helpful), they told me I had to publish the ad with only one photo first and then re-post the ad with additional photos later to force the first photo to be first.