They’re also notorious for overestimating the ARV and underestimating the rehab costs.

if the defendant said it was out of his control the judge sent him to prison for contempt, until he was mysteriously able to gain control.

Being self-employed is notoriously tough to get funding, but it is possible.

From Google: "In California, a user of land may establish a prescriptive easement by proving that his or her use of another's land was: (1) continuous and uninterrupted for five years; (2) open and notorious; and (3) hostile"

Hopefully after he gets out of prison, he has to serve another 10 years as a property maintenance tech.

Properties that are unique in their neighborhood are notoriously difficult to calculate for accurate investment value.Do you want to be left stranded, committed to buy at a price the Seller already thinks is the best net-price they can get, and you would be gambling it wasn't?

If I were in Bruce's market, which I think tends to be more steady/less volatile than mine, and could get ~1.2% rent yield in a nice neighborhood on what I'm guessing is a couple hundred thou for a duplex and had the cash on hand to fund multiples simultaneously, I'd prefer his strategy all day long ... he still has "the need for speed" by the way, when his units are vacant and in disrepair, he's just flipping to the rental market for a year rather than straight to sale :)In my market, SoCal is notoriously manic depressive for one, so your tax savings could be greater than stated by holding for that extra year if the hot market tanks taking your capital gains with it.

I can understand it being too hot in your unit as boiler heat systems are notorious for having imbalanced heating when they are not properly operated.

I believe this is partly how Jim Baker went to prison. :)

The demographics of Lake County haven't changed considerably since the prisons in the Bay Area stopped giving free bus tickets to Lake County to ex-cons several years ago.