-A water heater issue resulted in repeated mismanagement—confusing unit assignments—leading to extra costs to fix the same issue 3 times and on each occasion "more fixes" needed to the water heaters that I plumber said was needed.

Again, you're repeating what I have said.

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat.

I'm at the club all the time, staying plugged in, repeating some of the classes and get to be around real people doing deals every week.

Best of luck,Travis Hey Kevin,Since I definitely want to look out for your best interest, I repeat that investing out of state is the best option when you currently live in the very landlord Unfriendly state of CA.In addition, I never wanted a quad to live in as I just never liked the idea of living next to - above or below others.  

There is nothing about how long you need to occupy the property for.So unless our lender puts a demand on us I see no problems legally in occupying each property for any amount of time to fulfill the requirement, then rinse and repeating this process up to our full entitlements, so long as the lender is willing to keep giving us loans.

Repeat as desired.

The frequent travelers that like to do repeat business, cherish those basic things.

I repeat this often in this forum; Understand how to screen, understand the community you are serving, understand the culture and treat your tenants with respect.

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