many bare lots that make it to tax sale have hair on them.. as stated above.. easement from neighbors. some will say you cant landlock but that is not true its only true in certain circumstances.. you can defiantly land lock a parcel.

I would love to know how many folks on BP have been in real estate more than 10 years.Check out this interesting chart 

I offered to help remove trash recycles compresser cardboard remove left over items from refrigerator and pantry.She never returned so I hired a friend w truck to take to town dump.I drive a suburu and didn't have space to haul garbage.I had to repair split on inside of front door punch hole in hallway that was taped over.1 cat turned into4 so I had to wipe white silkey hair out of floor ventsalso vacume litter clean out garage refrigrater wipe and remove leftover stuff in drawers.Me rental had to set off 5 bugs bombs before she could sleep in home.I was quoted$800 for assurant pest controll to travel to sheltercove.I live in a rural area by the coast.I am ordering natural pest controll products and will hire a friend to spray.Northern calif doesn't have roaches so last tenants brought in.Last tenants are threatening me w lawyer if I don't return full deposit1800.I silent 15 hours doing repairs due to damage.I also had new tenants internet installer remove part from dish to mail to last tenants.Previous female tenant said they had that set up but new tenants have dogs in back yard.Also No one contacted me from previous renters about scheduling part removal.So as a courtesy I will mail back to Vegas and keep receipt.I am getting threatening texts demanding full deposit.Also they say I owe back rent from Sept 10 to Oct 1 but they didn't return to get what was left for me to deal with.I am cleaning vacation rentals and am still getting a list of damages.I'm ordering natural German cockroachkit online will arrive 2 days shipping cost 29 plus products gonna run another100.

Once a week I export the data into excel and update all my pivot tables & charts. 

Thanks Costin for the pointer to the book (and the flow chart).To answer you Q's: I manage my properties myself.A couple of follow-on Q's: a) Can you elaborate on "you guys in CA are different kind of special"?

The numbers are off the charts.  7)  Income tax - The city punishes those that liive in the city with a 1.25% income tax. 

Add that as another column to your chart. 

@Kai Van LeuvenCouole thoughts on the pet policy.Yes it’s fairly standard to charge an additional security deposit ( as carpets will most likely require additional attention for pet hair).

Appendix A chart 2 tells you how to fill form 4562.

Sure, you can spend days drawing lines that connect boxes on some Donald Trump level real estate empire org chart in an effort to gain anonymity and avoid liability, but, at the end of the day, what protects business owners is adequate insurance and acting intelligently."