I think behind tenant screenings and leases there is a quality of a landlord that's also as a person that is the respect for a good person and the intelligence of making fair affairs.For me for ten years in the past I had a house of 650sqft (two rooms and cozy kitchen) where I always have been giving away one of the room for others who were asking for help for themselves and I didn't had any earnings for me by that, and that has been during for many and many years, meanwhile I was surely needing more space for me, for my business in a studio and for my own personal life I eventually could have been having.Nonetheless this, on last years I had no more an house and I needed a room for rent, but even before any screening the landlords were being unrespectful and very unreasonably severe to me, they often had making me lose so much time by no taking or going away to the point I had no other choices in the end, and they set me in the wrong places for me, dangerous ones, too small, too big and very expensive, unhealthy ones or not providing anything at all when it was obvious they needed to.To me this kind of behaviour is very wrong, mostly because usually they are the same people who pretend respects and acts as they are very careful and attentive to housing situations in general, but with me, they have been lying above anything and just disrespected the person at a human level. 

You've earned $132,000 more by splitting your money and leveraging it.Since I've been searching for more deals I have seen one or two that might actually cash flow decently but most seem to be at break even assuming normal expenses, vacancies, etc.I'm just learning my comfort levels with leveraging and trying to take advice from others about managing multiple low cash flow properties vs. one higher value one. 

I would apply to all of my dream homes and trust that the landlords can't refuse me because I would be protected under the Fair Housing Act. 

Assuming that this market will rise to the level of "everywhere else" and not inflate in relative lockstep with other markets may turn out not to be an accurate assumption.  

Would trust Jake's recommendations on agents!

The problem is I have no idea of knowing what is owed on the first position deed of trust.

One kitchen is for a subletter that occupies one level of a duplex. 

- At a high level often people set goals that don’t align with their overall life goals.

Note that water penetration is not limited to flooding from rising water levels on the ground in a weather event.

Also people like to feel more important by having LLC or trusts to hide their identity.