I listened to members on BP... and yup I wrote a ton of hand written letters, hand written envelopes, typed envelopes, typed letters, yellow letters written in blood...You know what the difference between hand written letters and other mailers were?

I didn't realize you were the same Mike Butler.To be honest, though, your setup is too rich for my blood. 

We allow pets in all of our units, we require renters insurance that names the pet, breed, sex, and weight. we generally charge pet rent, vs a deposit, for us it works out better to collect more rent vs trying to sue blood out of a turnip if they have a $200 deposit at the animal damages the property, over the portfolio, the pet rent is much more money in the big picture. 

If I don't negotiate for more, it also makes a seller wonder why he came down so much on the first house that tested positive, though I could still make the deal work with no price/terms adjustment but it becomes a lot thinner and I've spent a lot on meth and asbestos testing - something wholesalers don't usually do, but it was previously a much stronger deal.

That's a bit too rich for my blood.

The 2nd quote I got was for a new and thicker vapor barrier Bc the exhaust fan was going to deteriorate the older/thinner barrier that I currently have.

I focus on places that need work and i put in the blood/sweat/tears.

I suspect that CA will find a way to get its pint of blood, and I wouldn’t fight them.

He is a real-life guru who walks among us and posts on biggerpockets.I have learned a lot from the book: how to structure no money down deals, how priorities in life are important, how to know when step away, how to understand that Real Estate investing is in the blood and it will always lure you in, and many more...Its really worth reading the book!

I used to have an engineer neighbor across the street say that brokers/agents were ( useless blood sucking vampires!