Thanks Barbara--I'm out of Southern California so it's obviously tougher here.

I live in Santa Barbara but invest in Vermont, where I'm originally from.  

I want to get a cheaper tile that looks nice.What I have seen so far that I like: For the wall and floor:http://www.homedepot.com/p/Daltile-Santa-Barbara-P...Anyone have any experience with this tile?

Thanks @Barbara McArthur @Brendon Grover Thomas S. for your input. 

Hello everyone!  I'm an attorney by day, real estate investing hobbyist by night.  I bought my first house about three years ago.  Although my only prior experience with rentals had been as a tenant, I ended up doing ...

Andrew Johnson “I use Appfolio out of santa barbara, ca its definitely not free and my property mgmt company passes those costs down to me which I think is around 50-60 bucks a month based on number of units under the service.I am able to see all reports from rent rolls, cash flow statements / trailing 12 month cash flow, tenant ledgers, maintenance requests, dialog between tenants and mgmt staff, resolutions to maintenance requests, move in pictures, move out pictures, or video, and many more features.What I like is that it allows the vendors to be in a dialog/text/chat box so they are prepared (vendor) prior to job assignment with lockbox codes, scope of work and pictures before they even go to the site so we dont waste time figuring things out and run up a huge $$$ bill for lack of efficiency.”

Andrew Johnson “I use Appfolio out of santa barbara, ca its definitely not free and my property mgmt company passes those costs down to me which I think is around 50-60 bucks a month based on number of units under the service.I am able to see all reports from rent rolls, cash flow statements / trailing 12 month cash flow, tenant ledgers, maintenance requests, dialog between tenants and mgmt staff, resolutions to maintenance requests, move in pictures, move out pictures, or video, and many more features.What I like is that it allows the vendors to be in a dialog/text/chat box so they are prepared (vendor) prior to job assignment with lockbox codes, scope of work and pictures before they even go to the site so we dont waste time figuring things out and run up a huge $$$ bill for lack of efficiency.”

You can pick up a lot of courses on ebay and other sites like that for much less.Best of luck to you,Barbara

Jeff A, I tried using the email address to Barbara Doeser above and it got kicked back.

Justin Foster there are so many but here's a few to look at John Jacob Astor, Barbara Corcoran, Jerry Buss, William Nickerson and many many more.