A good paying W2 job is worth its weight in gold when it comes to getting loans and smoothing out the lean times in real estate.I think you are seeing your friends with rose colored glasses.  

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in August, amazingly up 1.3% from a year ago.

Rentometer shows average 3/2 SFH rent in San Diego rose over $800/month YOY and Redfin shows YOY appreciation was 11%.  

I get a phone call from a lady I spoke with two years ago about doing a lease option on her home.

How do you determine what the real value is, because I recently inquired about a ladies house who put up for sale by owner signs and the house was appraised at 365k and wanted around 430k for it, stating the county records don't really mean anything.

I remembered my grandfather having several guns for ladies.

It doesn't help that one tenant is a little old lady. 3 units are m/m and 1 unit just signed a lease for 24m at 600/m.

They are the guys who come in, and after talking to them, you feel like they crapped in the yard, peed on all four corners of the house, and tried to "F"  your old lady.

Real deals are not all candy and roses!

I pulled up to the project Wednesday afternoon and there's a middle-aged lady taking pictures of our permits in the window.