Here's one weird trick they don't want you to know - when you have 9756 pages of regulation your implicitly writing loopholes into the law VIs-a-vie regulatory capture.

I just made the transition from renter to owner, and if Oakland were a free market my rent would have jumped up by $1100/month in just one year.As long as there's a time where the rent can reset to market rate, I think rent control actually drives property appreciation faster than it otherwise would.The trick as an investor is to know the laws, and use the tools at your disposal to get your rents up over time.

To your point, it is just a trick to try to get higher valuation. 

Then again, their videos are mainly tips and tricks on Real Estate.However, I contacted both in regards to coaching and both programs require thousands of dollars down to get started.

Hey @Rickie Patterson Jr , thanks for sharing your experience.Here's one that comes up often on our projects - for exterior jobs, how important is it to stay within the recommended temperature ranges when painting, and are there any tricks to make a job turn out well even if its colder?

A trick my mom always did growing up was to place a cut up apple or two (core and all) in a pot of water.

I have issues with government websites all the time and that usually does the trick.

@Bill Mitchell That's no trick, rather common friggin sense.

That’s always the trick for all of us.

Thay have tricked you into doing all of it.This what I'd do, in this order:1.