I just finished Brandon Turner's book on rental properties, and plan to continue to read more.I understand that Norada is a promoter, and prefer that given that they are agnostic in how they recommend properties.

The more I listen to different podcasts and continue to hear them on there, and continue to get their emails (they're on their 7th coffee farm right now), the more I've started to become interested again. 

I know Austin is continuing to grow, so I figured there would be more people looking for apartments, than houses.

We took over a project that had stalled due to lack of funding to continue rehab.

Continue honing your skills in reading court documents and conducting title searches to ensure clear titles and understand lien priorities, avoiding surprises post-purchase.

I am considering investing in Ohio, based on successful investments by friends but am open to other areas provided the fundamentals make sense.I look forward to connecting with fellow investors, real estate agents, and property managers to share insights and identify promising opportunities.Thanks,Julien Hello, I know many investors from Belgium that have and continue to buy in the Cleveland markets. 

So if the landlord only owns one four-plex, or two duplexes, or a single and triplex, and the landlord is a natural person (not a corporation or partnership), or the landlord is an LLC in which all members are natural persons (no corporate or partnership members in the LLC), the landlord can still require two month’s rent as security deposit.So for those CA investors who invest in properties with four rentals or less, and place each rental property into its own LLC, and the LLC members are all natural persons, those investors can continue to require two month’s rent as security deposit.

You can continue to keep it.  

From there, I hope to buy a second rental through the rental income earned along with what we can continue to save.

I think your strategy by just trying to ask respectably is the best way to go here and then you can elevate things if necessary if they're continuing to disregard the non-smoking clause.