I feel like good, unique design is one thing we have to set ourselves apart of the typical flippers/rehabbers in our area — if I see one more cookie-cutter rehabbed home I might scream!

The legal way to do it would be to trick those condos out like nobody's business, write ad copy screaming "MUST-SEE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME-OPPORTUNITY LA-DOLCE-VITA-CAN-BE-YOURS FOR ONLY $275,000!!!"

After she threatened and screamed at my cleaners I threatened to call the cops, jack the rent, and do all could to make them miserable.

@Natalie HahnI think you've kinda missed the boat for the Bay Area to be honest... people are moving OUT of the Bay Area into the Central Valley (Stockton) and Sacramento.Sacramento is #7 in the nation for Rent Growth in the country:https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2019/01/10/sacramento-is-7th-on-list-of-top-rent-growth.htmlMakes sense, as everyone coming from the Bay Area is used to paying WAY more for housing, so everything in the central valley looks like a screaming deal. 

This post just screams "sue me!"

Account ClosedThat's funny how you said you want to retain the property and not just fix and flip it, because fix and flip was screaming in my head while reading your post.

So my experience was that I had less than a 1% chance of getting a tenant I liked, and maybe a 4% chance of getting one that was not a major problem, and a 95% chance of a tenant who would cause all kinds of problems and drive me completely crazy.For me getting a phone call in the middle of the night with someone screaming about their toilet not working is just not something I can live with, but if that type of thing does not bother you, and you can go on day after day and not let it get to you.

I've been screaming bubble for years, doesn't mean I'm unprepared, panicking, or even fully out of the market.

@Kate Kirsch.

****Thank You, Kate