It's worth celebrating every purchase as long as you've done the due diligence.

We are also near in ground zero of the Mardi Gras celebrations so were able to do incredibly well during Mardi Gras season but are hoping to increase our occupancy the rest of the year. 

This was a big scandal when politicians and celebrities were paying their Nannie’s and housekeepers in cash.

Interesting reads on a controversial topic.

I personally find that hard to believe and there's a lot of controversy around how the population was counted.For example, there are more households in Detroit with active DTE (electricity) accounts than were counted in the census.

The long term impact includes the following:-Less compassionate landlords who are willing to be flexible with late payments, evictions, or delayed move outs-Less supply of rental property due to single family rentals being liquidated and sold to buyer/owner occupiers -More competition from bigger REIT's (real estate investment trusts) and real estate holding corporations who can weather limited returns-Less incentive for real estate developers to rehab and hold properties long term in the local area-Less flexibility to keep rents affordable without falling behind and keeping up with market rents to appraise at exit -Less business in the investment property sector due to lack of supply, including realtor commissions, title and escrow fees, handymen and contractors, property inspection fees, appraiser fees, mortgage lender commissions, and bank refinancing profits -More headaches for property management companies having to navigate complex and controversial client demands on their property -Less qualified tenants using the first-come, first-serve basis for applications Now BEFORE EVERYONE thinks these laws are just horrible to invest here, I want to conclude with some of the major PROs of these laws:-Less competition from entry-level investors, meaning more deals will be had by liquid and well financed investors looking to scale with the roadblocks in mind-Higher valuation of rental property over the long term due to supply and demand constraints -More stability in the quality of management and landlord professionalism -More 1031 exchanges from older investors looking to move assets around more frequently to dump low performing properties -More incentive for real estate developers to only build large unit multifamily that will not have regulations for 15 years (from certificate of occupancy)-More expectation from tenant that they will receive an increase each and every year (more implementation, means more frequency to experience)As always there are two sides of the argument, but I firmly say that I can still be profitable and make millions of dollars here in Oregon, but with a little more caution and strategy.

Yeah, you should of shut down the national celebration of our country’s independence to ensure your guests had a quiet evening.

“Go where your energy is reciprocated, celebrated, and appreciated....

We'll be going to BPCON21 and coming up the weekend before for some extra NOLA time, as we're also celebrating our 13th anniversary on that Monday. 

Not trying to be controversial about anything.