What tenant characteristics qualify as "good"?

. :( Each is a gamble..

Does SoCal have those characteristics other than just beautiful weather all year around?

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It is always better to hire GC with insurance and pay a little more than take the gamble because you might have a pro tenant who might step on a nail in a piece of wood the GC laid down and the GC has no insurance guess who they will go after.

Any thoughts people might have about the appropriateness of jumping into real estate given my characteristics would be certaintly helpful.

The article shows who they are and how they operate locally.Patrick,Here "was" my take on the situation earlier in the year when I heard hedge funds and private equities buying foreclosures.The hedge funds and private equities are gambling with OPM.

With your house paid off , you can sleep well at night , I dont gamble with my primary , if everything goes south , I still have a roof for the family .

The amount of storage you should have will really depend on the characteristics of the system (volume, length of runs, etc) and the capacity of your boiler.

Don't gamble with the money you can't afford to lose