MarketWatch published an article this week indicating the city is one of the top 10 miserable places to live.

Recently all but 2 of my properties have been refinanced to take out appreciation (one had too low an interest rate that I did not desire to refinance and the other I had not owned long enough to have a lot of equity via appreciation to pull out).There are many people who do not succeed in real estate investing (I do not know any that have failed miserably investing in San Diego RE but I know many that have failed investing in other areas). 

I was worried about the eviction process as I figured that it's miserable here in CA.

BUT if you lived together before and did well, you trust him and he won't annoy you or make your life miserable, I think this has a lot of worth.It depends on you really. 

They were pretty miserable to work with but they got the job done.

More importantly it’s also crucial that you surround yourself with the proper support and team members of real estate brokers, property managers, contractors and other supporting personal because you can be given the grandest of opportunities but fail miserable and fast if you do not execute it property.

In that case your options are (a) get sued by yourself, or (b) file a lawsuit against a major insurance company [a truly miserable experience, I can assure you] while being sued on your own. 

. :)The issue really comes down to the investor.. and the Morrisinvest thread is a perfect example. you have a Rookie turnkey guy who thinks he has solved the world hunger problems and enters the 40K  TK space like he has found some holy grail only to bury his people in crappy investments and those that follow him are newbies who have no clue that what they are about to buy is going to fail miserably over time I know been there done that.. so have the better turn key companies.The real draw to turnkey is the investor who wants in the game have 30k or so liquid decent credit and thinks that cash flow positive is the only thing that makes sense. they could buy west coast break even or negative cash flow but they are told that's no good ... so there they go.

Just because I can afford to be wasteful doesn't mean I will.Lest someone misunderstand, though I am frugal, I am neither miserly nor stingy.

Hello BPers, I have been a member of BP for several months now but have failed miserably at introducing myself.