I also loan them a small bucket for a month that has "approved hanging devices" (picture hooks) and a small hammer for hanging pictures (on drywall walls only) and that's when I emphasize the part about what they can and can't do to the property.

On the top bar, we take a small hammer and knock the ice off.

just seeing Netflix, facebook and twitter getting hammered by 10-20% in a single day is proof positive of the bubble being popped, slowly but surely.

@Ed Mayo,I would take the county's advice and check with your attorney.All you likely need at this point is a locksmith (or a BIG hammer!) 

@Twana RasoulI’m in the process of doing my first deal and in addition to doing a lot of my own reading and speaking to others in the field, I’ll be hiring a construction manager to provide guidance to me throughout the process of my first deal so I can learn through doing it myself but also know I’m not making big mistakes (because I’m being coached by an expert.)I got this idea from a book “be your own house contractor: save 25% without lifting a hammer” it was a great read, but also offered this suggestion as a safety net.As far as the issue of a newbie spending his last savings on education, the way I’m going about it, this expense will be covered in the construction loan as part of the overall budget of the project.

In fact, just the opposite, in years where your maintenance and improvement expenses are low, you get hammered come tax time!!

Some are but not the majority.And yes there is TOO much money in the Bay Area we all know that :)  why else would all the turn key guys market and hammer on Bay Area and LA investors.. they know that's were the money is !!

Now if there is a serious breach (e.g. tenant took a sledge hammer and started knocking down the walls for some reason), then obviously I'll act more urgently.

Hang out with someone who’s cool and has a good sense of humor (btw, that would be me...lol), and who’s not afraid to get into the trenches with you, swing a hammer, pull weeds, paint, work hard, and get it done!

But its all subject to interpretation circumstances and who decides to hammer you at the state.