They asserted that the RV served as a functional office for their operations.During the audit, the IRS auditor conducted a tour of the marina and the RV.

Also - if anyone has rental properties in this general vicinity who can provide insight / verify my assertion that its not a war-zone I’d appreciate it !

See Nobel prize winner and associate  quote....Gunner Myrdal, an architect of Sweden’s welfare state who was given the Nobel Prize in economics as the left-wing balance to his co-winner FA Hayek:  Myrdal stated, “Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by governments lacking courage and vision.”3 His fellow Swedish economist (and socialist) Assar Lindbeck asserted, “In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing.”Seattle is a prime example.

If she is trying to assert control, you taking that from her will only serve to givw her reason to continue to look for opportunities to assert control.

The first thing a "wealthy" person typically does is buy back their time aka assert more control over their situation in life. 

This isn't the first time you've made a false assertion on a BP forum with nothing to back it up, let's stick to facts and information for the readers so that this can be a helpful resource. 

Making broad assertions here, but unless you're paying in cash, you're unlikely going to find a property in SoCal that will "pay for itself" let alone also have a living space you can use.

The barrier is the control of the MLS, and, in spite of assertions that compensations can be negotiated, that control coupled with collusion has created a sort of cartel effect.What would be great is a national disruptor.

In this business, like most other businesses, you have to be thick-skinned, assertive and inventive.

I've talked to several investors and they'll tell me how they did their flips and not charge me $15,000 lol :)Hey Becca, Antoine here (the owner of FlipSystem), we absolutely agree with your own assertion that there are numerous profitable strategies in real estate investing.