I currently have one rental property on the East coast which I had no desire to get into but life through me a curveball many years ago and I still have it.

Life Is good, and I invite all of you to join me. 

As with so much in life, "poco a poco (little by little)".Have a fantastic week.Warren

Once you determine the current condition and life expectancy of all major components and appliances you can adjust the CapEx reserves requirement.What are you including in the $200 Misc?  

My husband and I just started life together after our first marriage.

Oh my my ... real estate investing can be fun and profitable played straight or you can live the crime life committing fraud waiting to get caught.  

I grew up in Southern California (mostly Encinitas) and I've spent most of my adult life in Northern California.

I was burnt out from cubicle life but that is a dangerous place to start anything.

Maybe losing 10 lbs was not my personal definition of a success story when applied to myself, but for someone who has struggled their entire life, it might be monumentalThe reason I consider it a success story is because both my wife and I came from families that never owned property, never went to college, never accumulated much wealth at all, and were truly never financially stable at all.

I feel bad that people are going to lose their shirts, houses, life savings and retirement accounts because of these moves, but they're taking uncalculated risks that have worse odds than playing roulette.