Look You gotta get control over this situation or you are going to find yourself in a lawsuit eventually if this nonsense continues .

For managing time, David Allen's Getting Things DoneFor managing your business, the E-Myth by Michael Gerber.For a clear-eyed look at how money and markets work, the Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (it's a slog but it's an education all by itself)For actually looking at properties,  J Scott's book on Flipping Real Estate (it's a BP book and it's awesome) .  

Working on educating ourselves, building a network, and learning about our local market (along with some potential out-of-state turnkey options).Looking forward to engaging with the BP community! 

“Realtors in most of the country continue to describe their markets as highly competitive and fast moving, but without enough new and existing inventory for sale, activity has essentially stalled,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement.

I educate tenants when they move in about cockroaches and bed bugs.

Simply educating tenants and landlords on the current process would accomplish the same thing as the ordinance at little or no cost.Invasion of PrivacyThis ordinance is a discriminatory invasion of privacy.

Admittedly we need to do a better job at finding alternate/off market deals- and I'm relying heavily on BP to help with my education/plan of action. 

I found a agent (who wasn't investor friendly), they gave me a lender (who was terrible), who gave me a title company (who messed up the closing continuously), and finally the insurance person (who gave me too low of coverage).

2) Continue renting in LA for $1,000-$1,500 monthly and invest out of state.

I currently have six rentals, one commercial, one new construction spec and seven parcels of developed land that I will continue to build on.