I feel so warm that the California legislature feels the need to protect me ...Jefflike a swaddled baby.

(In my defense my wife was having baby at the time so I thought I made myself clear and then let them handle it - I should have followed up).

PUT yourself in a position to have this baby rented out for more long BEFORE the lease expires so you can get this back on the plus side for positive cash flow.

No, this is the house me and my baby mama want.

Yes, I can and do evict deadbeats (even when pregnant or with new babies) on the coldest day in December.

That's the catch for folks doing baby deals like yours. 

We have baby stepped our way to success but trust me there have been moments!

it was a rental... got it up and running got it rented... then went to collect rent himself got into an argument with the baby daddy  and that dude shot him dead... end of his dream of buying low valued US assets..... for most doing what you did in those area's is very very dangerous as to be mortally dangerous. when I worked Detroit.. the PM's office had bullet proof glass and rent was passed through a draw like  food is served in a prison cell... they never went to collect rent in person. 

Everyone's situation is unique in goals and timeframe to hit those marks.For long term I like warm belt states where baby boomers are retiring in the tens of millions.

Ask a Baby Boomer what interest rates were like in the late 1980’s on For example a recent survey by Redfin polled homebuyers on what they thought “normal” interest rates looked like.