We hope our story inspires others facing challenges in their real estate ventures.In 2019, we also launched the Marriage and Real Estate Podcast to document our investment journey and assist other couples in navigating the world of real estate while strengthening their relationships.

In addition, the risk is high — especially post COVID — as unemployment rises and tenant protections in California strengthen more and more.

This can be a crucial advantage as you aim to strengthen your financial position and portfolio over time.Considering your goals of building equity, renovating the property, and establishing a rental portfolio, the family-offered property aligns well with your objectives.

And because we continuously self-educate and genuinely seek to improve every month (and of course strengthen our financial position), we have been able to tackle the challenges that present themselves, even though they all seem to come at once.

I highly recommend that you connect with Left Field Investors and @Jim Pfeifer to learn more about passive investing and to strengthen your knowledge, community, etc. 

You can strengthen your offer with many other terms than price

StarCraft and Civ are beneficial because they teach management of resources and strengthening one's own economy before doing direct battle; they also teach entering battles is best with overwhelming force.  

-do they have broker specific programs that strengthen your offer compared to other brokers?

the owner may seek their own appraisal; I find it typically strengthens my case as usually both quotes are fairly similar in price to remedy the issue.  

There are other ways to strengthen your offer (i.e. paying cash) while retaining your buyer's agent to represent you and look out for your best interests at the negotiating table.