We reached out to them a a few weeks ago and said to let us know if they would be having trouble and we will work with them. 

You're not getting the same kind of tenants, you'll have more potential for turnover, and probably going to be having more overhead as everything would be likely rolled into the rent.Bay area is hyper local, location and property type are everything.

Jacob Barnhart what you could also do is reach out to the seller and see if you can reach a verbal agreement on financing and price and, if so, let them know you will be having your agent send them over a formal offer with all specifics including any contingencies you might need.

I do agree that living there will make your tenants behave better and make it easier for you to respond to issues.

We took possession of our first property Jan 1, rented it back to the owners for half a month then spent 3 solid weeks renovating the house into a 3up 2 down 2 suite house.We have a property manager, who was able to get the basement rented, but seems to be having a harder time renting the top.

Are you going to be having any more meet ups?

So I'd guess some other kind of insect sommon to your area (or some termite that doesn't behave the same way as the ones I've seen).Check out pictures online to try for a match; here are some links:http://www.doityourselftermitecontrol.com/inspections.htmhttp://www.lmgtfy.com/?

Robert, my group will be having a Networking event December 3.http://www.meetup.com/PrivateREI/events/218807671/or go click on Network tab and click on Events & Happening to find events near you.

Sometimes the officer being present will cause folks to behave, but not allways.

I'm not saying all banks will behave this way.