I do als build more expensive homes in So Utah, where I maintain a home.

Sam LeonIn my part of Florida the tenant usually both waters and maintains their own yard in a SFR.

That said... if you can pick something up on the cheap for your personal residence in La Jolla, Birdrock, or North PB... you will be very stoked.

In my opinion, blogging -- along with all social networking -- is an opportunity for you to build a brand, create some name recognition, build credibility and in general, bring some level of trust upon yourself.This also includes participating here at BP, blogging here at BP (if you don't want the hassle of maintaining your own blog) and networking with other active investors here and elsewhere.

Details:Purchase price: $190,000Current lease with tenant in other side: $1,200/monthTaxes: $3,500/yrBuilt in 1994 and looks well maintained so upkeep should be relatively low.

A lot of the houses are fairly maintained and had the grass freshly cut.

He purchaced several turn key, and well maintained condos for around 45-60k each.

I use quicken for my home finances and I have our house listed as an asset then everything I buy for it as an upgrade goes into that asset account and everything I buy to maintain it goes to a home maintenance category I have set up so it's not reflected in the "value" of the home.

Bakc to school again this time for a broker lic.Then(very important part)with the money saved and some knowledge hard learned I started to buy property.Unlike alot of investors if I could not turn a property in 30 days I did not buy it.I also continued working with clients(mostly banks and other investors) servicing and maintaining properties,listing them ect...all the time learing and staying one step ahead of the market.I have turned over 50 properties at this point.And made my clients (investors and banks)money.

It would be nice to buy in to a program that already has a strong user base, but this isn't necessary so long as the developers are actively maintaining the product.- Non-proprietary data storage.