There is a difference between an operator who did not communicate any problems until the email about the capital went out and the operator who was constantly updating investors on the asset and the difficulties and challenges and preparing investors for the possibility of a capital call prior to actually going through with a capital call.I think the biggest lesson I have learned as an LP over the past few years is that I will absolutely require consistent, thorough and realistic communication from any operator I invest with. 

And lastly College towns are an easy bet since there are three large colleges in the Three biggest cites in CO!

The biggest issues with paid mentoring and coaching are:1. 

Do you have Earthquake insurance on your properties?

The biggest keys are:1 - The design should have the least amount of waste. 

I love that you rented two of your bedrooms as mid term and short term rentals and made enough to pay for the mortgage and now you are going to use the rental income to show you can qualify for another property.This is an excellent strategy and one more people should consider doing in this inflationary environment to offset the biggest cost in their budget--housing.As you rightly point out, you can use this strategy with every house you buy accumulating a portfolio of houses that you originally started out living in as a primary residence every two years.Well done and more people should consider doing the same, or rent their garage, or shed, or a boat, or an extra car.Love it!

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I would take a hard look at each one of these areas to determine where the biggest problem is, and then fix it.

My biggest issues so far is that they have had some labor issues on the maintenance staff but this is everywhere and i believe will work itself out in the coming months. 

Other than institutional lenders turning off the spigots in May of 2007, our single biggest exposure and source of most of our problems was the quality of the property management.