You'll see just a greater divide between the one's at the top and the one's at the bottom.

House has solar panels so PGE in non-winter runs at $30 max.My idea originally when I was single was to keep living in this property until it appreciated enough (eg 5 to 10 yrs) to sell it.However, I realized that the air ducts and soundproofing of the top part of house vs bottom part of house makes it such that it's not a great rental as the way I described.

I addressed that oversight yesterday at the bottom of the post you replied to.

Bottom unit is 3 bedrooms 1 bath.  

As the title suggests, I'll be living there, while renting out the bottom portion for income.

As well as coffee shops like Bottoms Up Coffee are moving in and small microbreweries like brew dog and land grant.

Bottom line, that was good. 

He has 20 years to follow up and collect from them, and somehow that helps with the grieving process when I think about money lost on their tenancy :)Bottom line to date: yes, I've been able to collect - but it takes time, and lots of it.

Consulting" was legal verbiage as we couldn't state a "deposit" for some reason.This was a while back when composed and for the purpose of investors having skin in the game before they get me burning rubber with pitching deals, answering questions, etc...Plus, if I don't like someone I don't have to sell and just refund the $5,000 "consulting" fee (Happens 9 times out of 10) 🤷‍♂️As you know, our operation is boutique as we prefer it that way and I "touch" all investors personallyAnd even prior to that step we have tweaked and tweaked our investor on-boarding process.How to pre-qualify leads via POF, auto-responders, VA's reaching out with email questionnaire's, FAQ's via our website and so forth.A rigorous process to ensure both the investor criteria and our model are clear for all...I mean it took years and years to develop, adapt, change, etc...But I guess that ain't clear enough either for some 🙈

It sounds like he started from the bottom working on construction sites and stuff so it's cool to see someone do really well like that.