City took forever, emails to my architect from city went into spam folder, emails from architect to city went into spam folder etc. 9 months to get permitted; luckily no hurry and had to wait until recently to start anyways.Had intentions of doing this hands-on as owner-builder for (I hoped) around $40k, but instead hired a contractor total cost hands-off at $53k; 360sf garage conversion.Most upset that the Long Beach Unified School District charged me $1,440 impact fees even with a letter from the Housing and Community Development Dep't stating that they can't charge me that fee.

This sounds to me like he is upset the claim was denied and is trying to get it covered.Finally, shouldn't this complaint be directed at the insurance carrier?

ESPECIALLY when your upset ;)It prevents eating your words later.

Im worried and upset as anyone and I don't know how my investments in various lending funds, syndications and rental properties will do for the next few months.

I also sweetened the deal with $350 "cash for keys" if he was out in 30 days and left the place in good condition...or as good as it could be since it was already in shambles.He had a friend with him during our meeting because he was too upset to really even talk to me. 

In a couple weeks when you clear that check and their damage deposit bounces at their new place that might really upset the apple cart.

The non pet owner tenant has called, upset and complained about the poop situation.

The reason the host ‘buttercups’ are upset is not because they took a calculated risk and lost money, but because AirBNB unilaterally intervened and changed the contract structure without consulting owners first.

If a couple grand is going to get you all up set or hurt your lifestyle then I personally believe landlording is not something you should be doing at all...

I am convinced that many landlords fail running low-income rentals either because they refuse to acknowledge this reality or because they are not good at communicating, setting, and sticking to acceptable and reasonable boundries.EXACTLY Jill  its very tough for an investor in a high priced market making 100 to 500k a year and wants to buy rentals in lower end areas because they look so great on paper.. well buying them that's easy.. but managing the tenant base is a skill all its own.I have always said owners can be their absolute own worse enemy.. they have no clue how hard it is to live on 1500 or 2000  a month.so when little things happen and they bow their back up thinking the tenant should pay for it etc.. it becomes stepping over dollars to pick up pennies.. and then when they have no success and tenant gets up set trash's their unit.. and after they have rehabbed it 3 times in 4 years they just walk away.. :(  house goes to pot and then some investor or wholesaler picks it up and the cycle repeats.. these properties in my mind for the good of the community should ONLY be owned by locals who know the score know how to run them.