That is a great location and would be an ideal rental property for this area.  

My ideal would be to Section 8 the house.

@Erin ElamWell ideally you can get all your money out but banks are often reticent to do so.

Ideal Property Solutions

Ideally, I would like to give her 30 days to move out and skip the whole trial, unlawful detainer, eviction, loss of S8 voucher business.Maybe I can persuade her to give me a 30 day notice instead.

Ideally I would recommend having enough cash on hand for 6 months payment reserves plus enough for your down payment and closing costs?

on the Peninsula, a movie theater ticket should cost $50.Frankly it is very upsetting to see how crazy it is, but this is a great place to live so we aren't going to move to a place where $300-400k buys us a mansion.So I am trying to think of a way to get us in a great single family detached home in the $300-500k range, I was thinking: FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS!

Ideally in need of repairs and better management and NOT in war zone areas of town.These groups may be a combination of small houses, duplex, triplex, mobile, conversions, etc.Because they are 5 or more units and run down, the banks WILL NOT FINANCE THEM.  

I think for some people TK is their ideal.

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