The more the tenant believes the owners are not doing their part the harder it is to get to an even playing field with them.I have heard about Cozy, but never used it.

He claims his real estate strategy is playing bank, not sure how well that's working for him these days though, I'm not sure how old this advice is or if it's viable. 

If there is a bankruptcy, you need to be very diligent about understanding the impact that could have on a transfer of the property by the owner and what role, if any, the bankruptcy trustee will play in your proposed settling of certain debts of the debtor.

However, I'm more buying from "Learn the rules first before playing the game."

Hopefully someone more experienced can speak up on this but for me it seems as though southern California is an equity play more than cash flow.

When I bought my property in 2013 I could go lower than 25% but then PMI comes into play and that can be a deal killer.

@Allen Maris If your only using RE to foster your own investing interest you should be able to find a pay to play monthly broker.. something like 200 a month plus a transaction fee.. those guys will be far less sympathetic to back biting from agents.

He was a principal in the creation of the SAFE Act while at HUD, and in many manufactured home related issues at the CFPB until his retirement.Regulatory law is both complex and complicated when compared to other forms of law because in order to understand how it will play out, you first have to understand what the original intent of the law was when passed, rather than just what exists in writing.

Those sales meetings usually have at least 40-50+ agents in attendance and the vendor gets a 15-minute time slot during the meeting to speak to the room full of agents.

(That’s 24000+ 4200 or $26,200) (If you haven’t heard me say this before, you need to play little dumb, play like Lieut.