All Forum Posts by: Christopher Sprague

I do an internship type program, and my students love it (I am no Guru).  It seems reasonable to me for someone to start under the wings of an investor and trade time for developing some skills to build on.  There is a gap in the learning/training processes out there, either you listen to youtube jump on podcasts and work on skilling up by yourself where 95% quit, or they pay 10k or 25k for training without any guarantees of success either.  There are so many flavors of education and I really just see these as a branch of education programs.  Just like any other "program" if the host takes more than they give, it will always be a bad situation.  Happy to chat with anyone about this.  There is a quote that sticks out in my mind and it has been guiding my thoughts specifically to this topic.  If you want to make 1 million dollars, find a way to help 1 million people and the money will find it's way.

Ukiah here also.  Let's connect!  

UPDATE: still no word from "rental assistance" application is still pending.  Luckily we have a new (much better qualified) tenant in the rental now.  

I will probably just cancel the rental assistance so I don't mess with the deadbeat asking for "his money" back... ha

Thanks for the reply.  Yes it is 21 days in CA for return of the deposit, but the lease was over Jan 1st and rental assistance hasn't come through.. nor do I have any communication other than hope from them in 4-5 weeks.

So I have a renter issue and question for anyone knowing the process for rental assistance in CA.  

In October 2021 my renter couldn't pay rent, I offered to allow them to work (mistake) the rent off.  He and a friend (who also lived in house) did about 50 hours of work (didn't keep a time sheet) at a rate of $20 per hour.  The rent is 2150 per month. -1150

November they paid rent in full

December they paid 1000 for rent on the 15th -$1150

Didn't pay January at all -$2150

I gave them 3 day pay or quit on the 28th of Dec.  Along with invoices for missing labor credit from Oct.

Tenant left and house is vacant FEB 1st.  

They cleaned the house and did a decent job.  There is some damage on the floor from a pet and one of the kids rooms has some urine smell in the carpet, they tried hard to get out but it is still there.

We applied for rental assistance in December, and it still hasn't come through.

Today they called me for the final walkthrough, "and just wanted to make sure they get their deposit back".

If rental assistance comes through do I need to give them 2k for the deposit? They basically paid 3k since October. 

I would really love it if you showed me your process in using this.

Thanks Michael love it.  

going to take me a minute to learn that form and how to do it effectively but much appreciated.

I look at days on market, the population growth and job stats from the city website.  I am curious what this crowd does when picking new areas to invest in for flip and hold properties.  Thanks in advance.