I had my music on and didnt hear that my bumper kinda slid over it and it hooked it on the inside under my car.So the next morning I got into my car again and didnt know that it was hooked in and backed out and it almost ripped my bumper completely off and cracked it in the bottom.

Lurkers, tenants and landlords alike:Don't line up movers, change utilities, set up school districts, put in notice with your landlord, assume that tenant who gave you notice will actually be out, or anything else, until the new homebuyer has closed on the purchase, has keys in-hand, and the sellers have vacated.According to the most recent neutral 3rd party (ie, not shills for the mortgage or real estate industry) research I'm aware of, fully one in three purchase transactions in Oakland (& California), involving a mortgage, falls out of escrow.

It is likely to start with being a neutral cash-flow investment (at best), but my hope is that appreciation will be high enough to make up for the low cash flows.Option 2: Buy out-of-state (multiple SFRs, or a single multi-unit).

Put a disclaimer on the bottom of the add explaining by these are old photos.

or since the market is hot, should I not worry as much about cash flow positive and if it is a cash flow neutral peruse that instead?

You might ask yourselves if it’s more likely that we are near a market top or market bottom at this time.

Let an agent handle the marketing, showings, and contracts that go along with selling a property.Make a Great First ImpressionOnce the work is done, have that property professionally cleaned from top to bottom.

They had to remove the bottom third of drywall because of rot and mold from food and junk.

Some thoughts I’ve had is seller financing to get the sellers bottom line moved up, a profit share for getting the units refilled, or maybe even a kicker in a few years of stability.  

Yeah I have a two years taxes return and familiar with the area and have a few rentals.my math I can add 200 per week to the bottom line bringing the rents up market. .