I would have so much more respect for the leadership if their decisions were based in science and not fear and politics.

and he seems to have a leadership role in his church and wants to do right. 

She feels that most people who possess the character traits I'm looking for (natural leadership, go getter attitude, aggressive Etc) are going to be aspiring to run their own business. she was pretty confident but wasn't absolutely sure as she is not experienced in the real estate industry so thought that maybe it was different.

Amazing leadership!

Be on the lookout for the same thing to happen to Stockton in another decade as long as the city's leadership stays on track and doesn't run itself into a ditch like it did the previous two decades.Eventually Sacramento will get pricey too, and if Stockton pulls off their Open Window Project and turns around the downtown scene, it'll be the last spot in Northern California for affordable housing that Bay Area millennials will be willing to stomach.

I feel like it's a shell game or three-card monte that the city/county/state leadership is playing-"look over here at the 'housing crisis' not at policies that have actually exacerbated the problem"I totally agree in the short term that rents have softened (although I just finished a rehab in one of my rentals and went for $1,000/mo to $1,495 so I'm pretty happy there!!)

Sounds like you're at the bottom of the totem pole for tenant quality.

i think multiplication and division are on the same level of the totem pole...and same goes for addition and subtraction.....so you do multiplication and division before addition and subtraction..now, if there happens to be mutliplication and division, as is the case, i believe you go from left to right...multiplication or division doesn't automatically precede the other in order of hierarchy

the leadership at the reia group i attend is always putting up awareness to the real estate laws that we need to be aware of, and often which representatives to support.

I've worked in sales, marketing and leadership roles in corporations, most recently as CEO of a small public company.