We are not white knights we are in business to make money on RE  not a charity or social workers.. so we do want to keep this in perspective you did what you needed to do so you could make a profit bottom line.

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.

That fund has distributed 6% since inception (quarterly) and invests primarily in commercial (not residential) RE.

My contractor is saying it's not something they can remove even after they re-painted over the top.

Would love more context here re everyone else’s experiences! 

I can't re-iterate enough how much better data I have actually spending time analyzing my market and understanding my competition. 

There are several ways to add value to RE investors. 

I have the same issue, I have been CPA for a while but now(thanks to RE investing) I sold my practice and pursuing construction/RE full time. 

RE is a long game. 

Jack Milleryep, it's the part of the RE iceberg that's under the water.