I was able to raise rents $100/door within 3 years.

Expensive housing market in San Diego also means a great landlord market allowing the opportunity to raise rents on properties with value add opportunities.

For 2019, I e-mailed her and advised her that her new rent would be raised to $1600.00 per month.

If you raise the rent every year, do you always need to fix something small on the property to justify you raising the rent or every other year you dont have to improve something and just tell tenant raising rent for the cost of living or property taxes or insurance that went up.

It is pretty much common knowlesdge that new owners raise rents agressively and/or evict.  

I can understand the benefit on the selling side , but would this raise rents much?

Yeah, prayers don't pay the rent....I was raised Christian and I totally agree with you on this :p  (I've been warned repeatedly by other owners in my area to never rent to people in town for church events, especially youth events, as they're the ones most likely to trash the place) 

I don't know for sure, but it sounds like an assessor's notation for a mid-level 4-plex, but if you'll PM me the address, I'll pull the field card or public record to see if I can verify it.

Go apply and get a 0% credit card for 18 months.

Personal savings and Credit Card for materials How did you add value to the deal?