Therefore your focus should be spent understanding how to operate your business in a manner that avoids conflict and liability exposure because that's the best line of defense.

This mismanagement greatly increased our maintenance costs and delayed efforts to improve the property's condition.Evictions & Vacancy: Due to these missteps, we spent months working through the courts to evict problematic tenants.

Or, would my money be better spent someplace down south or by a National Park that would have year round traffic.My goal is to have a place where my family can spend a couple of weeks during the Summer, pad my retirement a bit, and have a place to leave my kids.Thank you in advance for your input.

This is to inflate GDP, which is promoted as the economy growing, even though inflation is causing more money to be spent.

@Kiki Helland & @Ali L.So, you both believe the same effort and resources should be spent to manage and maintain Class A & D properties?

But, it is a bummer because I just spent $$$ on furniture, bedding, and all of the many incidentals.

Hello, everyone.I've spent the better part of the last year reading countless books and articles on personal finance and investment real estate.

Well since I spent the better part of 40 years in Bay area and 15 specifically in Napa Valley and the last 20 in Lake Oswego and have done a ton of business in Yamhill county and own property in mac and all over the foothills when I was logging. 

I spent months spinning my wheels trying to get offers accepted.  

This money will be spent throughout the economy.I am Skeptical that the US economy will have a Goldilocks recovery in the next 18 months.