Get the names of investors (or their LLCs) that own more than 10 houses and search the county's real property records (not the appraisal district for taxes) under their name and find the bank that filed the deed of trust for their properties.

both got reported to the DA.. no criminal charges were ever filed but it made it to the papers..

Verbally remind tenant that any future delinquent payments will not be shown leniency.In california, we have a thing called a Notice of Nonresponsibility, where if a tenant orders upgrades and doesn't pay for them, filing a notice of nonresponsibility would protect the landlord against MECHANICS LIENS.

Is it a beach rental or a standard SFR off the water?

It also became clear the work load to simply have a file looked at was pretty darn involved.

Make them a loan and take the stuff as collateral, file a UCC form, put them on title with you, when the loan is paid off release the UCC and take your name off title. :)

The idea of Rent Control and the fact that if a smart tenant files bankruptcy they can stall evictions for 9-12 months just turns me off.

Meanwhile you can gain good information from pod casts and the files.

We are negotiating on our second property and the owner tells that they have filed Chapter 13 Bankruptcy 3.5 years ago.The property is in Maryland and we wanted to do a Land Contract on the property paying her monthly rent to cover the mortgage.Is this possible ?

Or standard Excel functions?