I am a skeptical penny-pincher by nature, and imagine the market in California may offer its own unique set of challenges in real estate.If I have to choose which types of investing interest me so far, they would be buy and hold, and possibly rehabbing.

lolI used to keep track of number of posts but now I get more fun scouring to see some of the unique and interesting topics I haven't seen before or a spin on an existing topic.

It is not a replacement for a through analysis of a property as every situation is unique.

This was a very unique position, being a mortgage brokerage with servicing, insured with resources to payoff or refinance an underlying note.

I thought I'd throw this out there to see what other people have done or might do if they were in the same boat.Just finished up two rehabs over the past month and ended up taking two very short term leases on both - each with their own unique circumstances.Let me describe the scenarios and then you tell me if I bumbled this one or not.1) Finished the rehab on this house just after the first week in december.

Some have been sooooo smooth and others have been a challenge.

However, challenge was having these investors to actually pay what they promised to close the deal.

THE challenge is there are so few duplex's in the locations I want that I spend a ton of time looking and not buying.

It also allows me to send my tenants a unique IRL to make payments at.There are many other rent collection services out there.

Signed binding escrow instructions without a PA is NOT unique to CA.