There's threads daily about the nonsensical things people do to be a "REI" at the expense of their actual stress, daily lives, and families well being.

This will get you best returns for the $, keep busy, better more enhanced returns and it's only stepping up, an evolution of existing knowledge/skill base vs forging an entirely new one. 

The ADU regulations don't help, as it's too expensive to build The political policies in CA and elsewhere do have a direct impact on housing, affecting prices, landlords ability to remove tenants, etc. 

Question to all investors that have properties in earthquake-prone zones of US: it's REALLY expensive to get your property covered under earthquake insurance...

Way too expensive. 

Thank you so much guys.Best,Jake Before dumping $500k into an asset, maybe consider something smaller and spending like $50k or $100k on a less expensive property.

78k of expenses with mortgage and only 65k of estimated income? 

So she was well paid, but also taught me a ton and saved me from making many expensive mistakes.

If you are in an expensive state, having a separate LLC per property might be too expensive to justify unless the equity in a given property is sufficiently large.

For those that had loss of use or ALE (alternative living expense) insurance, the insurance company was required to pay for your like-kind housing while you rebuild which includes furnishing the rental as well.