@Arun D.If you want to survive in this business you will change your attitude toward leases.

@Sean Harry Congrats on deciding to post on BP.

What I can do is ask myself how I would survive hard times.

I know I am throttled to 12 at anyone time.. pre 08 I could have had 50 to 100 if I wanted... and I would have not survived like most builders that I know.. 

My last tenants brought in German cockroaches.I advised her to use harris cockroach tablets and roach motels.I advised her to set off bug bombs.I left4 in linen closet.she left keys Sept 10 and packed up a airstream trailer.She said she might have to rent a truck and return as garage was half full w cardboard a big bags garbage.3 cans of recycles and garbage.A compresser grease rags.Tenants broke up husband left for Vegas in beginning of Aug.He called me Aug 30 and verbally gave 30 day notice and by text.Previous tenants lease expired oct1 2018.House was not left clean as I had 3 girls cleaning before aswell as myself.I have a cleaning service.HOUSE WAS PRISTINE WINDOWS AND SCREENS CLEAN.Refrigerator was full aswell as pantry.empty bottles and jar of grease as well as a pot of slimy water left under sink.while female tenant was recovering from surgery in Palm springs ca.I had to go water 3 stainless steel troughs w bamboo as heat was causing bamboo to die.Female tenant had a infection from surgery.

Lot of learning from all this and it sucked, but survivable.

This show is packed with insight from AJ, including: How a loss on his first deal directly led to millions of dollars in later profitHow to find underperforming real estate dealsHow he made $13,000,000 in equity from an old Kmart buildingAnd the medical emergency that put his real estate to the ultimate survival test while AJ fought for his life (this story will shock, amaze, and inspire you!)

@Aaron Klatt @Gerald Harris thanks guys!!!

He is partially surviving on T-Bills at around 3% and some reliably paying dividend stocks, so he was receptive when I first presented him with the idea of investing in the beginnings of my would-be real estate empire.

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