i hired a handyman from craigslist 3 weeks ago to repair a few items in 2 rentals. i paid him $200 before i inspected the work. later, i found out that he had completed only half of the items. i never do that, but he was lucky that we just had a baby the day before and the house was occupied, so i could not inspect it. note to self - the contractor can wait to get paid until the next morning. and $200 is drop in the bucket.

Well I did a little staging (bought out the red line items at Garden Ridge pottery) and went ahead and dropped the price to $850 at the one week mark and now I have so many showings I can't keep up.  

When you turn-over a {long term} unit you must: 1) update the unit or, as a minimum, affect repairs and replacement of worn items and paint; 2) Clean the unit (both before and after repairs/renovation); 3) Advertise and show the unit; While you are incurring all of the above expenses, you will also be loosing 1-2 months revenue.

Apparently not in my jurisdiction (but they went easy on one item that had a manufacturing date pre need for permit by removing some of the requirements but did I still needed the permit and associated fees)  Next is AB1482 (rent control).

One other item in addition to the cases cited above is we’ve seen a plethora of incorrectly prepared tax returns, in some cases costing thousands, from some tax pros treating STRs as LTRs OR as bed and breakfasts.

Our security protocols have flagged these items for fraudulent activity.

The credit score will ultimately reflect negative items.

Strangely, even after all of this I'd still do business with her (for small dollar items only) as the products I have purchased weren't bad and she really was a very good infopreneur.

I did hear that people there are paid daily and do not have more than a dollar on them on any given day which is why small, low priced items sell so well there.

There is no reason to throw out what is left (the other colors) if you can just fill up the one that needs it.I have a Canon with 5 items.