I told myself that running a rental property business was exactly the same as running a gas station, liquor store, or any other type of business and every type business has inherent problems that can drive most people crazy.So, I closed escrow on my first 28-unit building, called in my bulldozer operator, knocked down the entrance doors to the courtyard, ripped out the trees, stairs, concrete sidewalks and swimming pool.

Sunshine Investments (Header) First LLC                              1624  Round Lake Drive  as a sub-class of Sunshine Investments                          Palmway Properties  (Header)                               5678   Palm Tree way as a sub class of Palmway Properties   And on and on and on.

Also I see Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley near the top of that list. 

We have made decent progress:Replaced a foundation wall/shored up the main floorPut a 416 sq ft addition on the existing 2nd floorRemoved all stucco exteriorNew sidingReplaced windowsReplaced doorsRemoved rotted front porch and replaced with covered front porchNew steel roofKnocked down a tree in the back yard that caught a power line and ripped the neighbor's mast off their house on a Sunday morning.Replaced the stairs to the 2nd story adding an L so you don't bump your head at the top of the stairsFramed 2 BR and a full bath in the 2nd story additionRight now we are sitting at $20k for the house, with another $37k in repairs and carrying costs.

In fact we had a huge maple tree come down last year & it landed 20ft into the neighbors yard (she is a chopper pilot for Home Land Security).

I buy a bunch of cleaning supplies at the Dollar Tree.

Landlord insurance covers the house itself from major catastrophe (fire, tree falling on it, etc) as well as liability (someone trips and breaks their leg while on your property).

As the Chinese proverb says, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

She has paid rent on time and has not been too much trouble...that is until a tree branch fell on her Jeep Cherokee ( late model not worth more than 3-5k). 

When we do what I mentioned its usually not much, a dresser, mattress, etc, BTW, gotta LOVE those violations, the city just keeps making things up,,,,,GOD forbid your leaves blow on your neighbors lawn, OMG, the world is going to come to an end LOL  I just wondered about the storing part out our way technically you required to store items.. myself I just hauled everything to the dump and was self insured if the hold over wanted to sue.. which as you know if they have been evicted they have zero money to sue.. and in my storage facilities we kind of did the same thing.In Cleveland you leave it on the tree lawn until 5pm.