They will lie and say they don’t smoke (anything).  

On the management side easily I get exponential quality and have been able to move my management into a proactive phase rather than reactive (I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off my first two years in real estate!)

It’s been nothing but deceive and lies! 

It is similar to chicken wire, but it has smaller openings.

The critical distinction between cap rates and discount rates lies in their time horizon.

This tenant has ignored my warnings - to stop smoking in the unit (multiple times), having unauthorized guests in the unit without my permission, have spread rumors and lies about me throughout the neighborhood, and have ignored my texts (only method of communication).  

Anyone tell you different they are lying. 

NOT in any way saying you are.. but you get the point I am sure.. your tenants are your life blood so keeping them happy is more important than letting buyers who are not even in contract into the houses just to look around not like it and not buy it.If the home is vacant I suspect they are Leary of squatters and thieves and or they have been burned by wholesalers and their lies about having their partner look at the house.. which is really not their partner but is potential buyers.. very slimy how they do that.

However, we keep coming back to the potential that the best first deal actually lies in a property that my mom owns in San Diego.

If you do not want to do this, you can purchase a property, or a portion of a property, that the fund has already selected.You must spend money to improve the property. ( I think it is a percentage of the gain you had)  You must hold the property for 10 years.Then, winner winner Chicken Dinner.