Hey ladies and gentlemen, I am basically ready to make the leap, have all finances in order, great team (attorney, bookkeeper,CPA, Broker, etc.) and have been looking into residential multi-families in Northern CT, and Western MA, and the more I think about it and the more 5 + units I see, the more I believe it would be smarter for me not to be "afraid" of commercial and believe it to be more advantageous to go a little bigger rather than smaller (assuming the price is right) I have spoken to numerous people, and they say "well this is your first property, so you won't be able to get a loan for any commercial",  or " stick with getting the 2-4 unit as your doing, prove that you can manage something small for 1-2 years ( I will be living their) and then go after commercial.

Looking forward to meeting people and learning from you guys and ladies. 

Ok ladies and gents, give me your opinion on this one!

The lady who filed the original LP will not take it off so we have to have the court do it.

My lady and I live in San Francisco and are debating house hacking in South Sacramento VS purchasing and managing property OOS.

Non-payment of rent is grounds for eviction once you do proper paper work of notice and all that legal stuff.Reason, I say is because my tenant, an older lady had a heart attack and was delayed on getting her job, so I am behind by 4 months now...i let it slip past for humanity sake, and now its getting difficult, promises after a while seem distant and goes unfulfilled...So decide if you want to continue with this tenant or not and let it die while you are still friendly with them and not let it play on your emotions where it gets difficult as months pass you by with loss of rent and trust in the tenant. my 2 cents anyways.If i do it all over again, I would have evicted at the first sign of delinquency.

We're shopping around, but just yesterday I met a lady from Imagine Homes Realty who said she sometimes sits down with new agents (They don't hire them, they take "seasoned agents only") to go over what questions to ask while meeting agencies, and what good agencies in the area would be who are a match for the direction you're going. 

It's not really my business and I'm not making accusations, but I'd hate to see someone advise her to list low and take advantage of this lady to make a quick buck.

I had this happen last night with a lady that was going though depression and her husbands business was going down the toilet. 2. 

I believe this is because the current owner is an elderly lady who lives several hundred miles away, and she is happy to keep the current tenants at below market rates.