Very inspiring story and super helpful podcast with tons of practical info.

A Protected Tenant is also a tenant who is terminally ill as certified by a treating physician licensed to practice in the State of California, regardless of their length of tenancy.Application fees submitted will not be refunded, including when it is determined that a tenant is a Protected Tenant.

So in practice in my opinion it can be both OK and taking advantage of people.

You better learn how it can fail in theory so you can avoid it in practice.

The applicant has established that there are practical difficulties in complying with the provision, that the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the provision.

If you only have enough resources to mail to your list once, you can either save up more before starting or practice some scripts and go door-knocking.

I gave myself 6 months to a year to increase my educational knowledge and practice deal analysis.

You can use the MLS for "practice." if you feel you need it, but I wouldnt waste time trying to find a deal there.

Most of our friends are just starting out in their practices, and when we talk to them about investing, they don't think they're ready. 

Hi All,Kind of a rookie question but wanted to make sure I'm going about things the right way and starting good practices.