I would have thought Santa Cruz would be really anti-bandit sign, but I saw the same bandit sign every day for like 6 months right in the middle of town.

With this said why is BP so anti mentors.

Josh trains them all as the head guru while posing as an anti-guru on Bigger Pockets!

Many may have done 100 deals this past year, but someone who does things wrong and never knows it, never gets hung, may advise you based on their success (and luck).I'd suggest also you calibrate your guru meter based on ethics in business, knowing what is legal and customary as well as fair dealings expected will be a good gauge in selecting an advisor in any business.I'm not totally anti-guru, most I see passing themselves off as experts (self appointed experts at that) have no business attempting to go where they go sometimes.

That, plus numbers just not making sense unless you put an insane amount of money as a down payment / buy in all cash, and other anti-landlord legislation made me look to a state like Ohio starting in 2021 and ultimately moving to Columbus to focus on building a portfolio and I've been very happy with my ROI both in cashflow and appreciation over the past few years. 

The media often tries to dramatize things and there is a lot of anti-landlord narrative out there, maybe that's where the 8% comes from?

If "staging" has a positive affect on home sale price then what affect might "anti-staging" (house is a complete mess) have on the home sale price???????

I'd be nervous as heck walking into court trying to get them to enforce some contract I'd drawn up myself in ANY of these places, but especially in the "anti-landlord" areas.

-linoleum = naturally anti-bacterial(no it is not a sheet of vinyl): @Roy N. can you help me with that?

Greg, for example, is very anti-pet and comments about it often.