Quote from @Iesha Turner: Yes your so right as far as cleaning issues.

I don't want potential expense and delay ~ and the VA may take issue if I'm not living there within 2 months.Your thoughts ?

Courts often side with tenants:(- So, you'll want strong & thorough language in your lease requiring tenants to quickly report water useage issues and making them accountable if they do not. --- You'll also want to monitor the bills for high useage to just avoid this fight with tenants.--- Also see if city water dept can supply daily useage reports.

😮‍💨 Woodlawn and Pilsen are strong rental markets — so the real deciding factor is going to be your numbers and your strategy.One thing to consider is that with newer construction, you’ll typically see lower insurance costs, fewer maintenance issues, and far fewer future headaches.

There’s no unforeseen issues when constructing other than possibly having an issue with having to dig deeper for foundations.

But as soon as they move in issues start coming up. 

If you ever need to brainstorm ideas or need help troubleshooting finance issues.

We address them upfront instead of waiting for inspectors to flag issues.

Real estate taxes involve issues like passive vs. active income, depreciation, and entity structure, so having someone who handles those regularly makes a big difference.

I understand that the City of Anaheim is no longer issuing new STR permits, so one option is to buy a property that already has an existing STR license.