I'd then repeat this process every 12-18 months until I had a reason to stop.Concurrently I'd be trying to increase my W-2, or 1099, income as much as possible, as soon as possible.

By no means am I trying to slumlord my rentals in anyway.

Hello everyone, My name is Dorian Thomas and I am trying to get into real estate investing.

I agree with what you are all saying, so please disregard my post as I tried to delete it after the initial shock wore off that this happened, but BP does not seem to allow that.

The Roseville one is pretty popular, haven't tried the one in Folsom.I'd be happy to share what I'm finding in Yuba City, just ping me with your email.

Would you take this to a small claims court to try and retrieve some or all of the funds?

You can try but most people make comparable income on long term rentals without all the hassles.

I am trying to get it for around 75% of ARV and waiting for seller to accept offer.  

I havent tried reaching out to anyone on BP - will definitely look more into that!

We wouldn't use it the field because of legality issues with claims they make, we use something a little much more concentrated, but it's great solution for someone who's trying to DIY it.Tests can be great to minimize the what IFs people have and to get a tenant to stop bothering you about it, we have worked with a number of landlords in the past just giving them information so their tenant had some piece of mind.