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Millennials Getting A Bad Rap? Or Are They Much Wiser Than We Think?   From being complacent and not wanting to work, to being dependent on their parents and living in their basements to not wanting to commit to marriage,  not wanting to buy homes and in many cases not even wanting to buy autos, ...

  When is it time to turn off the spigot to a great long time tenant?    I have a great 5 year tenant who always pays on time, is very quiet and neat and seems to be taking pretty good care of my rental from what I can see. But here's my dilemma. When she moved in we had painted the entire home i...

May God Bless America As I sit here on my deck looking out at the beautiful scenery in a foreign country I share this with a passionate belief in America and the way the system has appeared to keep working for almost 300 years. Think about it for a moment. Any of you history buffs would certainly...

Could "Tiny Houses" Finally Have A Clear Path of Acceptance? It's an odd coincidence that this new piece of legislation just came across my desk today as Melissa Zavala and I were just discussing the subject of "TINY HOMES" at our recent Fall Active Rain Meet Up.  But here it is fresh off the pre...

Picking Up Anna Banana & Her Entourage Now. Don't Miss This One AR.  Just heard that the Donald is running like hell to get here on time as well  Don't miss this North San Diego Meet Up!!

Wow! this is a very interesting and profound read. Especially since Janis used to be a ghost writer for several authors in one of her past lives and actually wrote a book for one of her clients on Numerology. She has subsequently, as a result of that experience, become a pseudo Numerologist and d...

Our Halloween Meet Up Is Shaping Up. Just Got A Tweet From The Donald Being that this is a REAL ESTATE GROUP, "The Donald", Just tweeted and said he would be running to join us a the Lighthouse Oyster Bar & Grill. Things are really getting exciting.  Be sure to join us whoever and wherever you ar...

OMG! I Can't Believe Who All's ComingTo Our Meet Up. Are You? OK, so here we are already folks. It's Meet Up time again and we're ready for a really spooky one on Halloween (That's Monday, October 31st, from 11:27 1/2 to 1:25 3/4 for those of you who may not be sure what day it falls on and pleas...

  Difference Between A "HUD MANUFACTURED HOME"& "MODULAR HOME"  NOTE: All the information in this post is relative to California and the HUD Manufactured Home mandate. They do vary from State to State so please feel free to share your knowledge on this platform as it will help many of us better u...

 A"PRE HUD" "Mobilehome" & a "HUD" "MANUFACTURED HOME"  "MOBILEHOMES" were built before June 15, 1976. For all intent and purpose they were a slight cut above their little brother the traditional "TRAVEL TRAILER". A Mobilehome was wider. Usually between 10 and 12 feet wide compared to the legal t...