Per our lease agreement (smoke detector batteries, pest control, furnace filters, mini-blinds, lawn care, whatever,  is/are your responsibility.That is an upgrade we can do with a lease increase of $xx/month.We cannot control the neighbors.After a few months if they continued to make unreasonable demands via the maintenance portal, I'd non-renew them.

What batteries?

I am in a high price area where there are not many rentals with any cashflow and I don't like betting purely on appreciation. 

🤷‍♂️I am new, hence no profile pic and no other stats, but I joined purely to find out if anyone else has had issues with Chi Ta and the programs that he offers.I signed up for his "done for you" AirBnB business model @ $30k program fee, plus all costs and whatnot on me.

So someone who is looking purely to maximize potential return (and has unlimited time) is unlikely to find this a good fit.A great book for newbies (and pros too), is: Sean Cook's "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding"The author has sat on both sides of the table on billions of dollars of real-estate transactions.

@Vanessa LiIf you’re still exploring markets, Reno, NV is worth a closer look.Steady population and job growth from California across a range of industries— advanced manufacturing, data centers, tech, and lithium battery production/recycling.

I was approached by someone representing a developer who sets up these battery sites.

Understand that an str is a hospitality business which may have real estate as part of it's assets, but it is not purely a RE investment.

The problem is, a lot of these folks are going into Detroit purely for the cash flow.

The project is expected to generate up to 150 new jobs and will focus on high-efficiency photovoltaic production.Imperium3 New York (iM3NY)iM3NY has begun operations at North America’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Endicott.