If you were to look at it purely as a business, you would develop a strategy that allows the business to generate cash flow, have equity gains through appreciation and keep cost and liabilities low, unless that are covered by other sources, i.e. tenants. 

Wanting to try a VA, but trying to find legitimate sources for RE specific VA's is a bit overwhelming.

Originally posted by @Ron Brady:In our lives outside of real estate, we've had the benefit of being exposed to quite a bit of research that comes to the same conclusion you appear to--that there are outcomes in real estate that are difficult to explain if bias is not the source of the individual behaviors.  

SB 291 prohibits the landlord from charging a screening charge unless the landlord includes written notice to the applicant of the following:A right to appeal a negative determination, if any right to appeal exists;Any nondiscrimination policy as required by federal, state or local law plus any non-discrimination policy of the landlord, including that a landlord may not discriminate against an applicant because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, familial status or source of income of the applicant;The amount of rent the landlord will charge and the deposits the landlord will require, subject to change in the rent or deposits by agreement of the landlord and the tenant before entering into a rental agreement; andWhether the landlord requires tenants to obtain and maintain renter’s liability insurance and, if so, the amount of insurance required.The following will require landlords to review their screening criteria and application documents.

Not only did I invest, but I wanted to work in the space, as I, as well as a LOT of investors out there, find it a very attractive alternative to the time and energy and expense involved with sourcing, renovating, managing these deals. 

The challenge is eliminating the money laundering opportunity while not being too burdensome to legitimate RE buyers and sellers.WSJ:In taking aim at a significant source of corruption, the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, announced a proposed regulation on real-estate purchases made in all cash.

Take on fixed debt while it's cheap and build as many income sources as you can.  

You were able to search buyers and go to a City and select name and put Properties and a list of everyone with the name properties in it would come up, now no.I do not know if you can do this on List Source any ideas?

Consider the source, always.

This deal was sourced through New Western Acquisitions, and was sold on a first come first serve basis.