Underfunded reserves, special assessments, design review boards and landscape "police" have all left a bad taste in my mouth with various homes and condos I have owned.In 2011, I was working on a town home in a coastal community of San Diego county and butting heads with the HOA president.

This isn't a success story yet, but could be in a couple of months.I have an opportunity to pick up a good deal from an investor associate who is looking to get out of a house that has left a bad taste in his mouth.

Now she launches into a rambling tirade (same tone as that nasty voicemail landlord played me) and says that this whole situation has left a bad taste in her mouth and that my lack of professionalism (?)

Don't let one property give you a bad taste.

Once the day comes, Side 2 will be tastefully renovated, exterior painted, and lovingly put on the market for a 1031 exchange into a fourplex out of state.

@Matt R.Here is a little taste.  10384 Alphonse, unit E2 3br/2bath, 92071.

Hardly any money out of pocket and it would have sold in a week or two.I could have stuck to my guns and kept the price as 5k, but for one, the park had a nicer 3 bedroom unit for sale for 3k-3500 and two, if I stuck to my guns at 5k and held on to the property 2 months longer to do so, I would have been out of pocket another $750 and all of a sudden, I'm right back where I started around the 4k mark but by then all the excitement would be gone and I'd be left with a bad taste in my mouth after 2-3months of holding time.

Too many surprises to my taste...Oh, and I talked to my insurance guy.

Wish I got a taste of the money, not just the experience!

The tasting of it all will provide you the knowledge to find out what you will really want to be in for you life in real estate!