The rug was one of the largest rugs ordered at that time and his portion was $2,500.

J Scott it is very tough to keep deposits in California.Option 1 - Work our a compromise with Buyer/Agent usually keep a portion of the deposit and give some back.

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in last the ten years in the oil towns I work than I ever heard growing up in the rust belt cities or in NYC or in NJ.As for the English speaking comment, it's just a fact of life in CA real estate that a huge portion of buyers won't speak English well, because a huge portion of the population in CA doesn't speak English well.

., Sounds like my only hope is portion control...

11keeping any portion of income?

Help them with their credit and use a portion of the rent to go towards their down payment.

But it also has a basement apt that I generate 675 a month for which pays a good portion of the taxes.I tend to get above average rents for most of my units b/c I offer some nice perks.

I am not sure if I would plan on the bank being so nice as to just write off that portion of the balance.

If you sold and made a bunch of money before then you want to preserve that money and invest in less risky investments or only allocate a small portion of your portfolio to high risk growth properties.The taxes of 6k wouldn't bother me as much if that was a constant.Meaning 3 years ago they weren't charging 10,000 in taxes before the market took a dip.