@Kim Phillips I'm an investor-friendly Realtor that has never owned a property in my life. 

Donald Cressey is The Fraud Triangle: 1- A perceived unshareable financial need. 2- Perceived opportunity. 3- Rationalization.Financial pressures change in life, medical care for aging parents, a family member becomes ill, college costs, mid-life crisis, substance addictions and gambling, jealousy/feeling "owed" or wronged, social pressures to "get ahead"...The biggest losses are always where there are no checks & balances, no separation of duties, no policies and procedures in place. 

Learn more about our review process.Buying a home is likely the most expensive purchase you will ever make in your life.

There is no general rule as to how many sponsors are good and bad, mostly because investing (life in general) isn't that black and white.Just like @Aaron K. said, make sure you know what to look for and the questions to ask so you can determine if someone is the real deal or not.

I have made it a life mission to be financially free and to help others using Real Estate.

It is never advisable for landlords to get involved in tenants personal life issues.

If you break things down such as some equipments, Kitchen appliances, or special roof or something, each asset has a different life term.

But the end goal is basically to be as sustainable and eco friendly as possible, both in the building of the building and the materials its built from and the life span of the building.

Although I have spent the vast majority of my life living in So Cal, including the SFV, unfortunately I was far too young in the 1970's to have had any memories of what the real estate market was like  :-) I can say that I think one of the major differences is that LA always had a somewhat diversified economic base.  

I am Alex Cole, I stumbled across the bigger pockets podcast in search for some financial education in my life, and have been hooked since.