I wasn't referring to those as the question was about family living and standard land trusts.

@Brian Kraft you should visit my blog on early termination for future reference.

So - the 15% vacancy you refer to is economic + physical?

Good evening BP,I'm hoping some of you might have a good reference or two for a CPA in the Bay Area, CA (Oakland would be even better) who has experience working with real estate investors.Thanks in advance!

When contemplating hiring a contractor check with BBB and references and thier current project go see.

Many of them have referred others to me and I can now count many of those referrals as investors.

@Seth C.I'm not sure if you are referring to single family/small multifamily turnkey properties in your first post or are referring to large mulitfamily properties that are already stabilized.  

One person had lived there five years and someone still referred to her as "non-resident". 

My biggest mistake initially was thinking that business would find me or that my SOI would refer enough business to me to keep me afloat.

How can I book mark this page of resources for future reference?