I heard that he was having his own struggles but I have no idea what actually happened.

I recently had to replace some water damaged ones, and having struggled with this stuff in the past to do a decent repair job because of the blind tongue & groove nature of it, went to Harbor Freight and bought a 1/4" air crown stapler for $20.

Just struggling with a plan of action.

We can at least vent about our newbie struggles together ;)

We are already sitting on a good chunk of cash but I struggle finding anything that meets my criteria in this market.

I struggled with student loan debt for about 20 years. 

Josh.Welcome to BP.I grew up in San Mateo and know the struggles of investing in the bay area.

This is something I've really struggled to understand.With the average annual household income still sitting around $55k, and prices of new builds/old homes shooting up to where anything over $350k is no longer feasible for these households, does that mean the rental market is essentially "capped"?

We had several people come and go during that time in our various properties as they were struggling to make ends meet, but most vacancies got filled within a couple of weeks.

I just started my search for my first house hack property in Portland, but I'm struggling to make the numbers work and wanted to get some input from other local investors.