I have yet to have any trouble, and am extremely picky about who I rent to after putting so much blood, sweat and tears into these reno's.

And I think that's something a LL would do well to have in their blood, that "call to a challenge!"

Whatever your lease states - getting the money is usually like trying to get blood from a stone.This happened to me a few months back.

We put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into that house, fixing up the lower unit before renting it, and fixing the upper unit as we were living there.

Both appraisals may be perfectly valid and within the standards of good appraisal technique, and I'm guessing that the appraiser often doesn't even realize that their personal opinion of the seller, their opinion of the buyer, their mood that day, their blood-sugar level, etc, all factors into the appraised value.Okay, this is where I get beat down again...go for it!

And in our discussion it was staggering the amount of red tape and fees, fines, taxes, offerings, and first born blood sacrifice that the People's Republic of California has.

Not worth risking a family split IMHO.Money is temporary blood is forever.

My father owns several rental properties and commercial buildings, so this has been in my blood for a while and I have learned quite a bit from him.

Just knowing I was close to closing a deal is a blood pumper for me.

Yours has already tolled to I offer this to my other BP brethren.Screw trying to squeeze blood out of the rock that is your deadbeat EX-tenant.Go buy Nolo's The California Lanlord's Law Book: Evictions.In Chapter 7 it goes over what to do after the Sheriffs Lockout, go back to court and git your money!