Go to any and all REIA's and commit like you're going to church.

Hello I'm new to BP from the beautiful Bay Area...thought I would confirm Richmond is 20 minutes to SF downtown WITH NO traffic, that may be only Saturday early morning or Sunday while everyone is at church in the morning or sleeping in. 

There are shiny special deals and off market stuff and the famous Brandon Turner "the couple from church was just tired of dealing with it" type stuff- but those are the exceptions.So back to your question...  

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In short, I rented to a Pastor, and got two Deacons from his church to guarantee (personally) his lease.  

We had a client in our office who was a Pastor and borrowed the down payment from the church, as long as it is disclosed it should be fine. 

@Mindy JensenThe guy goes to my dads church.

The only thing I like about 38127 is the Honey Biscuits at Church's Fried Chicken.

@Garrett CanterOK if you want to start a huge battle on Biggerpockets start a post on this subject, I have posted on this before, many people disagree with me but this is my real life story.So during the financial crash I'm just casually talking to a big time local personal injury attorney who goes to my church, I say well at least this down turn doesn't hurt you, he says actually it does businesses are hurting so bad they are dropping their insurance, and its almost never a feasible to take legal action if the they don't have insurance.  

I asked a church just across the street from me...they said they didn't have a weekly flyer or pamplet or anything...which I found odd.