I can't tell you how many people I've encountered here in the Bay Area that are "stuck" because so-and-so co-signed for so-and-so in their fancy LLC or S-Corp like they're Donald Trump or something.Best way to partner, assuming future Fannie loans are important, is to be each other's private lender or HML (pick your term) as needed in order to maximize liquidity and flexibility on the parts of both partners, and don't be on each other's title except inasmuch as you have a recorded mortgage or deed of trust secured by real estate.Quick note to your partner.

Whatever trouble you may encounter is worth the $500 in cash flow you are losing each month.

While opening the wall and working of the leak, he encountered another pipe adjacent to it that he considered is not up to code..... when the help desk lady called me, she pretty much told me that you want us to fix it or you want to call someone else to fix it. 

Gas is typically sold at a profit of $0.10 - $0.20 profit per gallon.Auto repair - Around here, the state restricts availability of inspection sticker machines - and these drive a lot of auto repair. 

But was wondering if anyone has encountered this and what the next step would be?

I got some sticker shock from estimates on adding gas, electric and water meters.

So I drove past it the other day and sure enough it is vacant and has those big stickers plastered up on the front door and windows.

This was his go to when he was trying to figure out how to fix something he had never encountered before.

If anything its more likely that you’ll encounter an increase in repair costs, not vacancy.I self manage a few of my low maintenance single families, and they are by far the least headache.

A local sheriff recently mentioned to me that when writing new lease agreements I should include that the new tenant is not covered under the "California Friendly Tenant Law" this is the first time I've heard of it and am unable to find any search results on google... has anyone encountered a law like this or is there anyone that includes a mandatory lease addendum with their new contracts?