As you figure out leases, advertising, inspections, all the little annoyances you can add a property or two...or duplex as Greg suggested...and with inflation and debt paydown it slowly becomes well worth your time.

Perhaps she doesn't have a new place and will be going somewhere in the interim and is trying to get everything out of you she can because she is annoyed.

My roommate and I are getting annoyed with it and the eviction process is very slow.

@Jasmine Russell That’s a tricky one lol the real answer is it depends(annoying I know)… When I first got started I had 0 experience but had done a ton of research, I still lost 100k on my first deal (lol) but I used that painful lesson on my pitches to tell future partners what I learned and didn’t give upit was also a raw land permitting play and I payed back the investor every penny I owed which helped my brand- Now, for those that know me I don’t need to go over my portfolio, what I’ve done etc because my reputation precedes me however, when I’m in a scramble and need funding for a deal and advertising it to the world and talking to strangers I’m absolutely going over my track record so they feel comfortable that I know what I’m doing and if I don’t specialize in a particular niche I get someone on my team and involved in the deal who’s and expert there and have them on the calls or at the very least their website or somethingI definitely am a fan of fake it till you make it but if you’re the one putting capital into a deal maker, check, double check and triple check everything they tell you and do your own DD

While the coming year might be ok (though very annoying), the fourth, assuming conditions are similar to today, will be difficult to see through.

Or you may have to deal with the annoyance of having to park on alternate sides of the street every other day in accordance with local ordinances.

And yeah, California is annoying in all their requirements.

It will be a loud and annoying process with someone in the house but it can be done and with a regular sized crew can be done pretty quick; the rafters are already cut and bird-mouthed and you might be able to reuse the decking. 

I bought a terrible house in a good neighborhood about a month ago. No one else wanted this house so I was able to get it for a great price. The house is a gut rehab, but even more than that, there's one thing that sc...

(yes, a bit snarky now due to they annoyance).