
11 July 2015 | 8 replies
Since we have an established relationship and I have high confidence in the owner of the wholesaler business, I just said "no problem" (big mistake - wholesaler has no real control of the resident - the contract was assigned to ME and I need to protect my interest with appropriate amendments / agreements with the seller and/or resident).On Monday, oops, the guy is still there.

6 June 2015 | 10 replies
This building was in a very nice area but just a so-so street.Called out national pest control company.

3 August 2015 | 5 replies
The total usually comes to around $8k cash to control a unit worth $25k to $30k.In this case though the estate wants to sell the property outright, and it will take ~$6k to update.

22 February 2017 | 38 replies
About a year later we did the same thing with another property, and have now bought a few more.The city has definitely gotten significantly more expensive in the past ~12 months, maybe most notably in the past 6 months, particularly for properties in the 1-3 family range (inventory has also been super low compared to the summer). 4+ family properties are rent controlled, unless you owner occupy a unit (then they're not rent controlled up to 6 families).

25 August 2015 | 3 replies
I've read a bunch of your posts and listened to a lot of podcasts over the last week (listening to show 61 as I type this).To find the place where I saw three free uses, click on the link below, do a 'Control F' to search the page (or another search function if you are not on a PC), and type in "you can try" and it should take you right to the spot.

13 September 2015 | 12 replies
I understand kids are kids and accidents occur but also want to make sure I set a standard with the tenant that she needs to control her children.

14 March 2017 | 9 replies
I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice just brainstormingIf it is in San Francisco under rent control you would have to do a Tenancy in Common (TIC) but I'm assuming it is in Mountain View or similar which probably wouldn't have that issue.

6 April 2017 | 9 replies
Their false belief is that it controls when tenant will leave.

11 May 2017 | 11 replies
I want to safely control my financial future, and I feel real estate is a great way to achieve that goal.

31 May 2017 | 31 replies
"Close drains" when you can, but there will always be "drains".In short, focus on investing for income while controlling unnecessary expenses.