New Member, Relocating to Nevada from California

[Peggy Borgman]

My husband Mark and I are planning to relocate in spring 2016 to the Carson Valley, near Lake Tahoe. I recently sold a day spa in Silicon Valley that I operated for 30 years; I've also concluded 20 years of spa management consulting and am ready for a new industry (even though I'm shocked to discover that landlording does not include free facial treatments and pedicures.) 

My husband works in high tech sales but his real love is rehabbing property. I'm a writer and artist (painter of landscapes as well as walls.) We're joining the Bay Area diaspora in the Reno/Carson area. It's hard for me to believe I'm leaving the Monterey Bay Area after 38 years. As I write this El Nino is doing his best to wash us out of the Santa Cruz Mountains. 

Right now I'm learning all I can about buying and holding rental properties, as part of our retirement strategy. The plan is for me to be our day to day operations person. I love marketing as well as crunching numbers; we'd like to bring our passion for customer service to this endeavor as well. 

We've had one unpleasant long-distance investment/landlording experience but want to try again with a more educated and focused approach. We know that there is a ton that we don't know, especially since we're going to be trying this in a new area, as brand-new residents. (What could possibly go wrong?)

I'm excited to find this community and look forward to learning from you all!