It's a matter of survival of the fittest in the industry, with good agents staying and others seeking alternative employment.

This California State Legislative code outlines which encumberances will survive a tax auction (see below in italics), and I want to make sure that a Deed of Trust with Assignment of Rents does not fit into any of these categories.

Some of us are in vacation markets that only survive due to the visitors that frequent the area, and the STR that house all the guests.

During the past 10 years, we have worked with a variety of large institutional clients in all phases of SFR including: acquisition/disposition, renovations, leasing and management.However, Auben's model is deeply rooted in a strong local presence in each market.Our goal is be local, while also offering an institutional grade service and back-end support.I am excited to welcome two new divisions into the Auben ecosystem as of January 2024, Auben Capital Partners and Auben Development.

I am basically the traditional Asian family that spent my entire life saving money and purchasing a place in New York City, and after trying to survive for a while I find it too hard now that it’s 2 people and decided to move back to my hometown and do some investing looking for cash flow in particular.

I’m on learning mode right now, but I may be looking for a mentor soon.  

Just make sure you can survive if the expected rate on the 2nd is 200-300 bps higher than at present when the time comes. 

-In addition, you get a death benefit for your surviving family.

Ecoflow is a model where it has a mode with less than 1 gallon a minute yet does not feel like it's low flow.Finally, I am sure some of you remember Seinfeld's Kramer taking a shower with the Commando64 shower head and got blown away.

You can survive without a pool only if you are walking distance to the beach and even then you will do much better with a pool.2) Tampa - A more urban market.