To them, your $25K rehab may appear to be a $60K nightmare (exaggerated a bit to make my point).

The windows and doors to some buildings were just as they were 40 years ago, even the color of the exterior appeared to be the same.

From the research I've found so far, it appears that most of the answers to your questions are NOT what we want to hear.

That is, as Brian Burke correctly noted, you don’t have to be personally licensed to loan money in the manner it appears you want to in California; you just have to find a licensed real estate broker to originate your loans.

For example, if tenants start naming things they want done that you can't or don't intend to provide, it could really make you look bad for not appearing to listen or care.I enjoyed the read through your blog post, thanks for sharing the results of your survey!

Here's a new wrinkle for you...It appears that my married filing jointly taxable income is less than $72,800, meaning we may qualify for the zero percent capital gains tax rate.

LOL, well, if my brain would engage at the same rate my fingers flew and spell check were working, I wouldn't need to edit, but just have to appear to the whole world that my spelling and grammatical errors are ignored.....

It appears to be a bit convoluted.

It appears the post had the intended effect!

Less than 5 appears to be exempt as well.