Not promising you that, but at least you won't be having these types of questions.Good luck

We'll be having the next meet up after the holidays- a chance for local investors to get to know one another in person.

shes very motivated (divorce) Only tough part will be having the husband agree!

Sometimes I'd like to ask a question regarding the legality of an issue, but don't want to be implicated in anything, so  I stick to non-controversial topics.I know, having people's real names out there makes them behave (or it should).  

Once you have a portfolio, THEN the cost and effort to maintain an LLC *may* be worth the effort.Be advised, it's $800/yr to keep an LLC in Calif AND the list of members must be filed annually.All the seminars taught the legal entity stuff (usually due to the vested interest in 'helping you') but IMO a good landlord insurance policy + an umbrella policy is sufficient for "well behaved owners".

Unless some tenant goes crazy and sands it down, the powers that be have determined it's not a hazard.

Some people seem to be having success going that route e.g. cashflowdiaries.com.

I will need to be upsizing shortly as my wife and I will be having her mother and grandmother move in with us in the next 3 months or so. 

I've locked horns with a couple of posters here selling their stuff and they have been so combative and evasive that people email me that they are shocked that someone trying to convince them that they are legitimate would behave so badly publicly. 

I explain this is for folks who qualify after going through our standard screening process (credit check, criminal check, proof of income at least 3 times the rent).Gail I'm wondering how you can charge a non-refundable pet fee; if the pets have behaved themselves and left the unit as they found it, shouldn't they get their deposit back just as their parents do?