(yeah, I'm slightly biased.)Second, I am completely with you.

Obviously, it has a chance of being biased.

Of course I am bias, but I've been bullish on Reno for years.

Regarding podcast, I'm biased to the W2 Capitalist podcast as well as Deal Closers with @Anette Lyons-evans.  

We don't know the gender of the complainer. 

The way you framed this question is not impartial and it shows your own personal bias as opposed to actually just asking for opinions.That said, I think it can be clearly deduced that the situation we have here is a breach of lease sublet, which is incredibly common in the Bay Area. 

My first time I rented to someone because I was using just my heart and bias and I got screwed over big time.

While I might be slightly biased because it is my market of choice.

You just have to ignore the "Fact Checkers" as they are actually biased liars paid to censor the truth.

If a contractor is willing to be paid less to take longer to complete a job, that should be a huge red flag (time is money).I completely understand the bias against general contractors - a big reason I decided to pursue this line of work full-time is because there are so many poorly run companies out there (my wife and I actually had a referred GC disappear 1/2 way through the full renovation of our first home - before I was licensed - and I was left to manage the project through to the end).That being said, there is also a newer phenomenon I refer to as the "HGTV effect".