Hello, My future father in law bought a property in 93 which is an 8-plex in LA for around 300,000He owns his own home currently ( beautiful home)and owns a rental also ( I don't know when he purchased this)He also has a real estate license ( he isn't an active realtor, he is retired and just invest in stocks now)He believe california for the place to purchase property because you can see and feel it.I am trying to convince him that just because its out of state, doesn't mean it can't be successful.He says that unemployment is higher than anywhere else in the USACalifornia and Nevada are both around 6.7-7.1% He says thats because obviously the population is much higher in california so its not comparison He believe with the indian reservations in california, it will turn vegas the unpopular place to gamble and all of the las vegas community is fueled by gambling and entertainment. 

Our PM would still put him through the credit, income, and background checks and speak to his parole officer, but wanted to know if we would even entertain someone with that type of record.

Anyway, it's sounds like it's going to be very entertaining! 

We both have W-2 jobs and self-employment income from our respective professions (sign language interpreter and musician/pianist/entertainer.)

That $5 sandwich one was really entertaining!   

Always entertaining, huh?!!

My thoughts are that a horror story is more entertaining than a story about boring perfect tenants that take care of the property and pay rent on time, which is why you normally hear about the horror stories.So, here's the question:Of X tenants in your time as a landlord, how many were horror stories?  

As long as a request is logical and makes common sense, I entertain it. 

Maybe a 50k home I would entertain letting my tenants self-manage, but not in this case for obvious reasons. 

Wow this post is very entertaining!!!