It was a great call and he gave me some insight,a great book referral, and a way to see the light at the end of the tunnel (and all on his birthday!!)  

Now, gotta go to my birthday party....yes, another one

Either way, your plan to take advantage f lower prices for East is excellent!

Welcome to Biggerpockets @Deyon Flowers

It was actually my birthday that day, and I had just finished baking and frosting a cake prior to their arrival.

If your friend is having a birthday party for their child at the house on the Sunday they want an open house then stand your ground and let them know ahead of time.

They will bicker about whose spot has more sunshine, other tenants or neighboring kids will steal their tomatoes, someone will swipe the cute little solar spinning flower from one of the gardens, some tenants won't take care of their plots and they'll look like hell, some will use chemicals the other tenants will complain about, someone will steal the hoses.  

When I gave birthday gifts to friends, they were handmade instead of store-bought.

I appreciate everyones feedback and thank you in advance.My goal is 3k/mo cash-flow by July, 2017 (my 32nd birthday).

It also isn't helpful for those tenants who pay rent with cash or money orders.I did do bank garnishment on my very first tenants who skipped out and took all the "valuable" stuff (silk flowers) but left unimportant things such as bank statements behind.