All Forum Posts by: Carl N.

How can you justify spending money at a theme park as a necessary rental business expense? 

I'd love to see what the IRS says when you get audited.  Based on the question, I'm sure you've expensed a lot of other items that might get disallowed.

For whatever it is worth, I am constantly looking at my area's listings to make sure my listings are competitively priced, etc. One of my listings is just about always at the top of the list. I rarely drill down on the listing, itself, but I would be suspicious if a property manager discouraged me from doing so. I would, at the very least, be looking at all the listings in your area, comparing ratings and numbers of reviews. 

With just 2 listings, why aren't you managing them yourself? 

Hey @Carl N., with municipalities in CA unable to prosecute car theft, robberies, assaults, rapes and even murders, I wouldn't hold out much hope with people hanging out.

@Carl N. - valuable advice could include buying out the entire neighborhood/block/street and improving it. That was posted just a few days ago. A long journey but the payoff was great!

Caveat emptor = buyer beware

You have a responsibility to know what you're buying and it's foolish to think you can buy something and then force the neighborhood to adjust to your desires. 

HI Carl,

I bet that any attempt to get that lot shut down would be a long long long time fight.

So lets look at the source.

Where are the seedy people coming from and where are they going (???) - Some are homeless some aren't. Not just high school kids making noise here.

Are you talking about surfers at night, or couples making out (???) - No

What makes them seedy, their cars are jalopies, their mannerisms are rude, they look "poor", stoned out drug zombies begging for quarters...(???). - If you were renting the place you wouldn't want them around. Could be homeless, could be drugs could just be seedy people. Cars are generally not the major issues as the city has limits on car parking so that is the easier part to enforce.

Does the city allow facing lights at the parking lot (???) - We are about to find out.

Are the neighbors who live nearby "seedy" types who use the area for overflow parking (???) - not from what I see. The cars themselves aren't the issue

What is the loud "Noise" buzzy aftermarket mufflers, loud vehicle music, bomp bomp bomp noises coming from car sub-woofers (???)

Are we talking "Criminal Types" here, or Hobo's, Tramps, etc... (???) - Well we have had some attempted break ins but then again the whole area gets that when people aren't living there full time.

Because solving the problem might be easier if you concentrate on the problem makers.