Diesiel pusher moterhomes for rent in california

My boyfriend and I have been together a year and a half and he lives in a family home with his dad (80m), brother (32m), sister in law (30f) and their 2 children (3 and 6). He was released from prison before I met him and living with his family was the best option being that we live in one of the most expensive places in the US in California and he works a blue collar job. It’s his dad’s home, but after his mom passed away the brother and sister in law moved in and have taken over the house. They all pay the dad rent. The first 6 months we were together I got along great with his family and we spent a lot of time together and my children would play with the niece and nephew. I thought it was weird the SIL would do my boyfriend’s laundry and clean his room and I told him it made me uncomfortable and said I would do his laundry for him. He talked with her about it and the sister in law decided that she hated me. I came across paragraphs of texts from her on his phone saying horrible things about me and telling him to break up with me. I was hurt and confused and texted her saying I thought we were friends, if I did something to upset you I would like to talk it out. She said she was upset about his laundry and upset I didn’t go to a Father’s Day dinner and called me a b**** and a c*** and told me to stay the f*** away from their house and her children. I was blown away by her level of anger. I have since tried to talk to her months after that around the holidays last year to work things out with the same response, she blew up at me insulting me and calling me names and I blocked her. I no longer go to his house and he has to choose between his family or me for holidays and events, and his relationship with his family has gotten strained. There have been several negative interactions with her in person. I didn’t have any problem with his brother or dad, but she hates me so much they just go along with her. She openly talks crap about me around their house and saw in a group text she refers to me as miss piggy. I don’t feel that my boyfriend has stood up for me or our relationship enough and allows his family to treat me like trash. When my boyfriend has talked to his brother and her about it, they end up fighting like cats and dogs. The sister in law is loud, stubborn, drinks every day, and is vocal about hating me and steamrolls over everyone in the house. I have also done nothing to warrant this level of anger- I suspect she has an underlying issue with me that has to do more with herself. I have thought about having him move into my apartment, but I really just don’t feel ready for it yet and it would be a tight squeeze. Is our relationship doomed with this dysfunctional dynamic?

Hi, I am in my late 30's. I am the sole provider for my household. I am trying to save for a home, I figure if I can save roughly $5k a year if I put aside 200 per paycheck.
I make roughly $70k a year in California, which will be around $60k after I pay the taxes.
I don't have much saved towards the house, I have to keep dipping into savings when my paychecks don't come on time. (sometimes a month late but taking a diff job would bring me back down to $40k or less to take care of 3 people) I am looking for side work to prevent me from having to dip into savings.
The housing market seems like it skyrocketed prices this year, many options are gone for the lower price ranges even out of state. I am going to keep saving and making sure I can raise my credit score (Sitting at 749 and just got my 1st credit card in September)
Would you just rent at this point? If it takes me 5 years to get up to $25k and the housing market keeps rising, is there even a chance?

Hello everyone.
I am a 30 year old eldest daughter of a 70 year old father who lives thousands of miles from me and my other siblings. My father had a heart attack with 2 cardiac arrests a little over 2 years ago and spent about a month in the hospital. The doctors said he had no brain damage in the scans, but he has developed aphasia since the event and it is exacerbated by lack of sleep - it has caused outsiders (who have interacted with him) to call me and tell me something must be wrong with my dad, almost as if he's having a stroke or he isn't making any sense. About a year or so afterwards, my dad was homeless for the majority of his time, trying to travel overseas (he ended by flying back early due to passport issues, he had a lot of issues on his way there and back though). Myself and my two younger sisters are in no way financially ready to take on caring for my dad and thankfully my dad has a pension he gets from the government that helps feed him.
He crashed his last car (by crashed, I assume he was fall asleep on the highway, pulled over and crash into someone's fence, no one was injured, but his car fell into a ditch and was scrapped) on his way over to visit me in California and his license was suspended by the highway patrol officers. I took my dad immediately to the ER, and they found nothing acutely wrong with him and referred him to a neurologist. He saw a neurologist with my aunt in another state and the neurologist cleared him, saying he must have just been too tired. (he was supposed to get the neurologist to sign off on the suspended license paperwork.. but he says he should be fine if he doesn't drive in California.. ugh.) Every time my father goes to the doctor, he has these rare moments of lucidity where he can answer every question perfectly. But talking to him every so often, he will be forgetful, think one of us is in his apartment, or can't even use a computer correctly when he was perfectly able to do so before. It's almost night and day difference with my dad over the years.
I was his financial POA after his first hospitalization and after a dispute, he decided to remove me from his POA and both my sisters don't want to manage his funds or shoulder any of that responsibility. I've reminded my dad that he can try to convince whoever to be his POA, just in case he gets into another hospitalization, but he brushes it off saying "I don't even have that much money to manage." His aphasia and what I would describe as dementia has caused him to be the victim of telephone scams, his last apartment taking advantage of him and charging him rent when he already moved out, homelessness, etc. I wish I was in a better place to help him out, but my sisters and I are still very much early in our career, barely making enough to pay student loans, rent and put food on the table and 0 of us have children.
I've talked with my dad about having a caregiver come in once a way to sort of his medications, check in on him, make him some meals, but he doesn't really like entertaining that idea or want to pay for it. I just am basically waiting for the day that my dad gets in some serious trouble and I don't know if they will find him dead or alive and it's something I'm struggling with. Both my younger sisters don't even want to think about this, let alone deal with this. My mom, who is divorced from him, is much younger than him, and her mother (her dad died young) moved back overseas to the Philippines and lived out the rest of her days there.
I'm not sure what I can do honestly, it's a lot for me to even think about or wrap my head around. I've considered giving him up to the state, so he can get the best care possible if the worst happens.. but I don't know what to do. I can't afford lawyers, I can't afford homecare, unless my dad agrees to pay. Any and all advice is appreciated, so I can best prepare myself for my dad's next decade or so.

Hi everyone. I am a 20F college student in California. I was contacted by a girl (call her Kate) to take her spot in a lease with 5 other girls. I would take her spot in the middle room. (3 rooms / each room is a double). This rent worked for me and the girls seemed nice so I agreed to move in. She asked me not to contact them yet because she hadn’t told them she was moving out. (Red flag I ignored). After she told them she said they were upset but I could message them and start talking to them. Over the past week one girl has messaged me separately asking me to switch rooms, so I would be with her. Then Kate messaged me and said she asked her not to do that but would I anyway? I agreed but felt uncomfortable about the situation. Then they tell me I won’t have parking for the spring/summer quarter as there is a girl who wants parking then? So I would only have a spot for the Fall quarter in a very populated area. I initially verbally agreed to this as I felt put on the spot by 2 girls messaging me about how it is more fair for everyone. I received the lease today but I have not signed anything. I know I can get a better deal with a room i want and have parking all year, the lease starts in June and I don’t want to leave this girls high and dry either even though they weren’t completely honest. Would I be an asshole for backing out last minute?

Hello,
I feel a bit odd about turning to Reddit for advice on a life changing move but figured it would be worth a shot as we grapple with an offer.
My partner and I are from Vancouver, currently living in Calgary, and have been offered a job in California (Monterey area). It’s a pretty significant salary increase that would see myself earn individually what the two of us currently earn combined. It’s also has a great health insurance plan as well as pension (which I don't currently get outside of CPP). I would be travelling on a TN visa and my wife on a TD visa.
Our plan would be to move to California and for my partner to apply for jobs in her own field (TN eligible) or to obtain citizenship which she is able to do through her parents so that she is eligible to work. We know the area is much higher cost than Alberta and we’d be looking at a slight income decrease until my partner finds a job. Only when she finds a job would this be a financially positive move for us.
That said, money’s not everything and part of this move is we MUCH prefer the idea of living on the coast among recreation in contrast to the Alberta lifestyle even though we know that we’d be in a small house (likely apartment) yet paying more in rent than we do for our big house in Alberta. Most of our extended family also lives in the state so we wouldn’t be alone. The job itself is also a huge step up in my industry that would open a lot of doors in the future. This said, we’d move back to Vancouver among family instead but that seems like more of a financial impossibility that California at this point.
Canadians that have made the move, particularly to California, what things surprised you or would make you think that this kind of move is not realistic?

Nothing on this post is financial advice, just my opinion and direct quotes:
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We do not have sufficient cash on hand to meet our current obligations and are unable to generate cash through our ATM Program or via our Registration Statement because we are not currently S-3 eligible. For further detail, see “-FF is not able to continue to utilize its “at the market program.” We also have extremely limited remaining authorized share availability to generate cash through equity or equity-linked issuances. If we are unable to find additional sources of capital, we will lack sufficient resources to fund our outstanding obligations and continue operations and we will likely have to file for bankruptcy protection and our assets will likely be liquidated. Our equity holders would likely not receive any recovery at all in a bankruptcy scenario.
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FF has missed rental payments on all of its leased properties and may be in breach of its insurance obligations under its property leases.FF leases five facilities in California and three facilities in China for manufacturing, retail, office, administrative services, R&D and strategic planning purposes. FF is behind on rental payments at all locations. Additionally, FF does not currently have the insurance coverage required under some property leases.FF is taking certain actions, and may take additional actions, with respect to many if not all of its existing leases, including negotiating with landlords for rent abatement or deferral, terminating certain leases, or discontinuing rent payments, which may subject FF to legal, reputational and financial risks. FF can provide no assurances that any forbearance of its lease obligations will be provided to it, nor that FF will be able to regain compliance with its lease obligations. If, as a result, FF’s leases are terminated, FF may not be able to continue production of its vehicles. If FF is unable to continue production, FF will likely have to file for bankruptcy protection and its assets will likely be liquidated. FF’s equity holders would likely not receive any recovery at all in a bankruptcy scenario.
FF has a limited operating history and faces significant barriers to growth in the electric vehicle industry. FF expects to need substantial additional financing to start the third phase of its three phase delivery plan. There cannot be any assurance that FF will be able to develop the manufacturing capabilities and processes, or secure reliable sources of component supply to meet the quality, engineering, design or production standards, or the required production volumes to successfully grow into a viable business.Although FF has started production and delivery on its first electric vehicle, it faces significant barriers to growth in the electric vehicle industry, including continuity in development and production of safe and quality vehicles, brand recognition, customer base, marketing channels, pricing policies, talent management, value-added service packages and sustained technological advancement. If FF fails to address any or all of these risks and barriers to entry and growth, its business and results of operation may be materially and adversely affected.
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FF expects its operating expenses to increase significantly in the future, which may impede its ability to achieve profitability. FF expects to further incur significant operating costs including R&D expenses, capital expenditures relating to its manufacturing capacities, additional operating costs and expenses for production ramp-up, raw material procurement costs, general and administrative expenses as it seeks to scale its operations, and sales, marketing, and distribution expenses as it builds its brand and markets its vehicles. Additionally, it may incur significant costs as it delivers the FF 91 series, including vehicle service and warranty expenses.
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FF has significant unfunded commitments from its investors. If FF is unable to satisfy the conditions to funding or if there is a dispute regarding the conversion requirements related to the unfunded commitments, FF may not have enough capital to support its business and could be subject to investor legal claims.Pursuant to the Secured SPA, Unsecured SPA, the Unsecured Streeterville SPA, FFVV Joinder, and the Senyun Joinder, (each as defined in Note 7, Notes Payable to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) FF has obtained commitments from several investors totaling $554.5 million in convertible note financing and $20.0 million in committed forced warrant exercise proceeds, subject to certain conditions. A total of $351.5 million under these commitments had been funded as of December 31, 2023 ($273.3 million net of original discount and transaction costs) with the remaining unfunded commitment of $223.0 million. Investors of the convertible notes have the option to purchase an additional up to 100% of the committed notes
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FF has minimal experience servicing and repairing its vehicles.
The inability to adequately service vehicles may adversely affect FF’s business. FF has minimal experience servicing and repairing its vehicles. Servicing EVs is different than servicing vehicles with internal combustion engines and requires specialized skills, including high voltage training and servicing techniques. Although FF is planning to internalize most aspects of vehicle service over time, initially FF plans to partner with third parties to enable nationwide coverage for roadside and off-road assistance and collision repair needs. There can be no assurance that FF will be able to enter into an acceptable arrangement with any such third-party providers. Although such servicing partners may have experience in servicing other vehicles, they will initially have limited experience in servicing FF vehicles. There can be no assurance that such service arrangements will adequately address the service requirements of FF’s customers to their satisfaction, or that FF and its servicing partners will have sufficient resources, experience, or inventory to meet these service requirements in a timely manner as the volume of EVs we deliver increases.
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If FF seeks to implement a reverse stock split in order to remain listed on Nasdaq, the announcement or implementation of such a reverse stock split could negatively affect the price of its Common Stock.
While Nasdaq rules do not impose a specific limit on the number of times a listed company may effect a reverse stock split to maintain or regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, Nasdaq has stated that a series of reverse stock splits may undermine investor confidence in securities listed on Nasdaq. Accordingly, Nasdaq may determine that it is not in the public interest to maintain FF’s listing, even if we regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
In addition, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iv) states that if a listed company that fails to meet the Minimum Bid Price Requirement after effecting one or more reverse stock splits over the prior two-year period with a cumulative ratio of 250 shares or more to one, then FF is not eligible for a Compliance Period. FF effected a 1-for-80 reverse stock split of its Common Stock on August 25, 2023, and an additional 1-for-3 reverse stock split of its Common Stock on February 29, 2024, for a cumulative ratio of 240 shares to one. FF anticipates seeking stockholder approval for another reverse stock split. Any subsequent reverse stock split would cause FF to exceed the 1-for-250 ratio.
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Revenue Recognition
Automotive Sales Revenue We began the production of our FF 91 Futurist in March 2023 and started making deliveries to customers in August 2023 and have sold four and leased six vehicles for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Too lazy to post more, but this is what stands out to me.
Nothing is my post is financial advice, it's just literal copy and paste from the 10-K.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/looking-vacation-california-coast-marin-made-19481166.php
The title is clickbait (as are most SFGate headlines) but it's a story with an interesting set of perspectives. It's an LA Times article published today; no apparent paywall.
The focus is the county moratorium on turning homes in Marin into vacation rental, generally via Airbnb. Most Marin coastal towns will have caps somewhat below their current number of AirBnbs. One town at least will be allowed more vacation rentals.
Personally, I generally side with the people quoted in the article who support caps because they've seen their communities go from real coastal towns with vacation day-trippers, to places filled with second homes that sit empty much of the year.
It does seem reasonable to have some provision for people who have their primary residence there, but want to make a little extra money renting out their houses for a few weeks or months a year. Maybe a cap, like you can rent for a limited number of weeks / weekends a year, as long as the house remains your permanent residence.
But I'm pretty much done with well-to-do people who bought what were year-round residences in Coastal California as private vacation homes in recent years, then complain that they NEED Airbnb so they can enjoy visiting their second house one or two weekends a month and make money off it the rest of the time.
Your thoughts?

My husband and I are moving out of a condo in California that we have rented for two consecutive annual leases.
Upon signing our first lease, our landlord required 4 months of rent up front, plus a two-month security deposit of $5,000.
When the initial lease was up, we re-signed another annual year lease, which ends at the end of this month.
Our lease states:
The term begins on 06/01/23 (“Commencement Date”). This Agreement shall terminate on 06/01/24 at 12:00 AM. Tenant shall vacate the Premises upon termination of the Agreement, unless the
(i) Landlord and Tenant have extended this Agreement in writing or signed a new agreement;
(ii) mandated by any rent increase cap or just cause eviction control under any state or local law;
or (iii) Landlord accepts Rent from Tenant (other than past due Rent), in which case a month-to-month tenancy shall be created which either party may terminate as specified in paragraph 2A.
2 weeks before the end of our lease, we notified our landlord in writing that we do not intend to renew. Prior to this, we never told her that we were planning on renewing. Honestly, we never see our landlord and for the most part have little correspondence with her. She never reached out to ask if we are renewing.
Regardless of the fact that our lease doesn’t state that we are required to provide 30-day notice, I believe it is the right thing to do — and I initially suggested to my husband that we pay her ~2 weeks additional prorated rent to ensure she is compensated for 30 days.
We notified our landlord 2-weeks in advance not out of inconsideration, but our new place came to us out of the blue, as a friend let us know that his house is available for rent and its a much better deal than what we are paying now.
When we notified our landlord that we will not be renewing, she complained that we should have told her sooner, because she needs to “prepare the security deposit” because she spent it.
She claims she was legally allowed to spend this money because she spent it on the condo.
When we moved into this condo, it hadn’t been cleaned. On our very first night here, the fridge broke and all of our food went bad. She promptly replaced the fridge.
Then, within a week, the dishwasher broke, and she replaced it.
She never told us that she was using our security deposit to pay for these replacements at the time. Regardless, I know that the total of the fridge and dishwasher was > $1,500… so that still leaves around $3,500 unaccounted for.
Otherwise, my husband has done all of the maintenance at our condo, and honestly, we are leaving this unit in a much better state than how it was when we moved in.
Our landlord told us that she will use the next tenants security deposit to pay us ours back.
So, with this all being said, I am not sure it would be wise to pay her any additional money when, a: we are not legally obliged b: she has admitted to spending our security deposit
People have been touring the unit, and she found new tenants.
However, she told us today that the tenants she found do not want to move in until the end of June, and that we “shouldn’t rush” so we don’t have to pay double rent.
We have already told her multiple times that we are actively moving our stuff out of this unit and that we will be fully moved into our new place by the end of the month.
So it is clear she is expecting another month of rent from us.

My husband and I are moving out of a condo in California that we have rented for two consecutive annual leases.
Upon signing our first lease, our landlord required 4 months of rent up front, plus a two-month security deposit of $5,000.
When the initial lease was up, we re-signed another annual year lease, which ends at the end of this month.
Our lease states:
The term begins on 06/01/23 (“Commencement Date”). This Agreement shall terminate on 06/01/24 at 12:00 AM. Tenant shall vacate the Premises upon termination of the Agreement, unless the
(i) Landlord and Tenant have extended this Agreement in writing or signed a new agreement;
(ii) mandated by any rent increase cap or just cause eviction control under any state or local law;
or (iii) Landlord accepts Rent from Tenant (other than past due Rent), in which case a month-to-month tenancy shall be created which either party may terminate as specified in paragraph 2A.
2 weeks before the end of our lease, we notified our landlord in writing that we do not intend to renew. Prior to this, we never told her that we were planning on renewing. Honestly, we never see our landlord and for the most part have little correspondence with her. She never reached out to ask if we are renewing.
Regardless of the fact that our lease doesn’t state that we are required to provide 30-day notice, I believe it is the right thing to do — and I initially suggested to my husband that we pay her ~2 weeks additional prorated rent to ensure she is compensated for 30 days.
We notified our landlord 2-weeks in advance not out of inconsideration, but our new place came to us out of the blue, as a friend let us know that his house is available for rent and its a much better deal than what we are paying now.
When we notified our landlord that we will not be renewing, she complained that we should have told her sooner, because she needs to “prepare the security deposit” because she spent it.
She claims she was legally allowed to spend this money because she spent it on the condo.
When we moved into this condo, it hadn’t been cleaned. On our very first night here, the fridge broke and all of our food went bad. She promptly replaced the fridge.
Then, within a week, the dishwasher broke, and she replaced it.
She never told us that she was using our security deposit to pay for these replacements at the time. Regardless, I know that the total of the fridge and dishwasher was > $1,500… so that still leaves around $3,500 unaccounted for.
Otherwise, my husband has done all of the maintenance at our condo, and honestly, we are leaving this unit in a much better state than how it was when we moved in.
Our landlord told us that she will use the next tenants security deposit to pay us ours back.
So, with this all being said, I am not sure it would be wise to pay her any additional money when, a: we are not legally obliged b: she has admitted to spending our security deposit
People have been touring the unit, and she found new tenants.
However, she told us today that the tenants she found do not want to move in until the end of June, and that we “shouldn’t rush” so we don’t have to pay double rent.
We have already told her multiple times that we are actively moving our stuff out of this unit and that we will be fully moved into our new place by the end of the month.
So it is clear she is expecting another month of rent from us.

My husband and I are moving out of a condo in California that we have rented for two consecutive annual leases.
Upon signing our first lease, our landlord required 4 months of rent up front, plus a two-month security deposit of $5,000.
When the initial lease was up, we re-signed another annual year lease, which ends at the end of this month.
Our lease states:
The term begins on 06/01/23 (“Commencement Date”). This Agreement shall terminate on 06/01/24 at 12:00 AM. Tenant shall vacate the Premises upon termination of the Agreement, unless the
(i) Landlord and Tenant have extended this Agreement in writing or signed a new agreement;
(ii) mandated by any rent increase cap or just cause eviction control under any state or local law; or
(iii) Landlord accepts Rent from Tenant (other than past due Rent), in which case a month-to-month tenancy shall be created which either party may terminate as specified in paragraph 2A.
2 weeks before the end of our lease, we notified our landlord in writing that we do not intend to renew. Prior to this, we never told her that we were planning on renewing. Honestly, we never see our landlord and for the most part have little correspondence with her. She never reached out to ask if we are renewing.
Regardless of the fact that our lease doesn’t state that we are required to provide 30-day notice, I believe it is the right thing to do — and I initially suggested to my husband that we pay her ~2 weeks additional prorated rent to ensure she is compensated for 30 days.
We notified our landlord 2-weeks in advance not out of inconsideration, but our new place came to us out of the blue, as a friend let us know that his house is available for rent and its a much better deal than what we are paying now.
When we notified our landlord that we will not be renewing, she complained that we should have told her sooner, because she needs to “prepare the security deposit” because she spent it.
She claims she was legally allowed to spend this money because she spent it on the condo.
When we moved into this condo, it hadn’t been cleaned. On our very first night here, the fridge broke and all of our food went bad. She promptly replaced the fridge.
Then, within a week, the dishwasher broke, and she replaced it.
She never told us that she was using our security deposit to pay for these replacements at the time. Regardless, I know that the total of the fridge and dishwasher was > $1,500… so that still leaves around $3,500 unaccounted for.
Otherwise, my husband has done all of the maintenance at our condo, and honestly, we are leaving this unit in a much better state than how it was when we moved in.
Our landlord told us that she will use the next tenants security deposit to pay us ours back.
So, with this all being said, I am not sure it would be wise to pay her any additional money when,
a: from my understanding, we are not legally obliged
b: she has admitted to spending our security deposit
People have been touring the unit, and she found new tenants.
However, she told us today that the tenants she found do not want to move in until the end of June, and that we “shouldn’t rush” so we don’t have to pay double rent.
We have already told her multiple times that we are actively moving our stuff out of this unit and that we will be fully moved into our new place by the end of the month.
So it is clear she is expecting another month of rent from us.

Location: California
Background: There is an elderly neighbor whose life I have become heavily involved in, due to her deteriorating health and because she lives alone, with seemingly no living family. I help her with getting groceries, sending in bill payments, reading her mail to her (she is mostly blind), and various other tasks around her home. She cannot use the phone, and is unable to leave our building. I have tried to arrange paid in-home help for her, and have offered to take her to look at assisted living homes, but she absolutely refuses to entertain either idea. A few times when she has been in particularly bad mental or physical states, I have called and reported her to Adult Protective Services. This most recent time, I was directed to call the local police, who came and checked on her, but informed me that there was not sufficient cause to put her on an involuntary medical hold. She also has told me that she has no will, and isn’t interested in making one (we have local senior services that would help with this process, but she’s refused my offer to contact those, as well). As far as I know, there is no one with a Power of Attorney for her.
One additional detail, which may or may not be relevant: she lives in a condo that she previously owned, but that several years ago she signed over to another person using a quitclaim deed. From what she has told me, she had taken out a reverse mortgage on the condo, and this person offered to pay off the mortgage in exchange for her deeding the property to him. Under this agreement, he would also allow her to live in the condo for the rest of her life, and she basically pays the monthly HOA and property tax as rent. All of this seems to have been a handshake agreement, but it does appear that he’s held up his end, as she has now lived there for at least six years since signing the quitclaim deed (though she no longer seems to understand that she doesn’t own the condo anymore).
Through helping her with bills and reading her mail to her, I know that she has a sizable amount of savings. Other than her regular monthly bills, she also seems to have no outstanding debt. Assuming there’s anything left when she passes, I know that the courts will attempt to track down any distant relatives. In the entire time I’ve known her, she has not mentioned any living relatives, and she has not received a single piece of personal correspondence. If she truly has no family, could I make a claim on her estate when she passes? Or is it all destined to go to the state?

Hi all. 29M here, I have a path I want to go down, which is switching careers from my analyst job to becoming an artist and owning my own business. The past two years I've been putting in a lot of time and money to hone my craft as an artist, while at the same time, I've become increasingly disconnected and dissatisfied with my current work situation. I feel like I've incurred a huge opportunity cost by working here for 3.5 years, mainly in terms of work accomplishments and skills (I have not developed any of my current skillsets since working here, nor do I want to anymore). The work culture is too lax, and the day to day consists of almost nothing to do most days, and the work that is done is next to worthless. The actual projects that we do don't feel that impactful because they all boil down to telling our developers what to do, not actually doing things ourselves. And most of the time a lot is lost in translation, it's poorly done and is a buggy mess. I don't care at all about our product and none of it is remotely interesting. I've felt this way ever since starting this job, I'm only staying for the money. I've been spending much of my free time, weekends, even downtime at work (which is a lot of the time) just practicing and doing art. I've come to realize that there's probably nothing else that I am willing to put this much effort to master.
So I'm deciding that by the time I complete my fourth year at the company, I will put in my two weeks shortly after to pursue a full time career as a freelance artist and honing my skills further for at least a year. I live in Southern California, so I don't think there's a better arts scene to be in where one can meet other artists (super crucial for the industry). I know a lot of people on reddit will just opt to tell me to just find another job that's more fulfilling, or keep your day job and do art on the side, or find an art adjacent career and do that. It's all sound advice, but part of me really wants to pursue this stupid dream of mine. Maybe I'm just tired of the safe option?
But now I run into the problem of balancing the risky option and sustaining myself during that time of freelancing. I currently have around $70k ($30k in savings roughly, the rest in vanguard investments and I have a 401k) in liquid funds at the moment, and I hope to save another $15k-$20k over the course of the next 10 months or so to add to the cushion. I am debt free, no partner or pets, so my only obligations are normal credit card usage and rent. I live in a HCL city here in Southern California, and I live with housemates. Moving home is always an option but I would leave that as a last resort.
In an ideal world, I would already be making some money through my artwork when I quit. My hope is that in the next 10 months I can start dabbling in commission work and building connections and a body of work to showcase. I feel like my skills are reaching a point where I feel confident in tackling some simple character commission work for people.
All in all I feel a bit uneasy about doing this. It's a hugely risky move, but I know that it's something I would regret not at least trying. I'm not sure if all the pieces I am setting up for myself will be enough once I do take the plunge. Even if I keep my expenses as low as possible, $50k really doesn't feel like it goes that far here in California, and I'm preparing for the worst case where I don't make a single dollar off my work for the next two years. Part time jobs are always an option too, but that sort of defeats the purpose when I could have just kept my previous salaried job with practically part time hours anyway right?
Have people done something similar? How did it go? How did you sustain yourself during the period of transition and what did you do to make the landing as soft as possible once you took the plunge? Does this seem like a stupid path to go down to begin with?

I’m renting in California and plan on moving out in September. My unit has, from my understanding, original (1959) actual hard wood floors. Not laminate or vinyl plank, actual wood.
The other day when cleaning the apartment, my roommate moved the bed and saw that one of the metal legs of the frame had been digging into the wood. Total area damaged affects about 3 planks, maybe a 4”x4” area. Deep enough where you can clearly see it, standing from the doorway but if you were to like wet it and stand back again, it’s almost unnoticable.
He does have the foam furniture pads on each of the legs but he’s a bigger guy so it looks like the weight of him on that spot flattened and dug through the foam pad and that started chilling into the wood.
What is the expected charge for something like this? Depending on tenancy length, can this somehow get chalked up to wear and tear? I know things like paint and carpet, after 5 years there is pretty much no charge against a deposit but what’s the rule on 65 year old flooring?

I live in an area of California where an entry level House is 800k+ and condos run in the 600's. In my city there are a number of trailer parks where trailers/manufactured homes list for anywhere from 200-400k+ depending on age, size, condition, etc.
In a few particular parks, older homes can have a space rent as low as $400-500 and rent controlled (not too far off of a typical HOA fee for an older condo complex). I've also seen ads touting pre-1980 homes that are exempt from property tax as they are instead licensed as vehicles.
My questions are: 1. For 280k, if you can get 1,400 square feet, 3 bed 2 baths, decently updated in the middle of the main city, wouldn't this be preferable to living in an HOA for double the price+property tax? 2. Can these older manufactured homes be mortgaged or do they require a cash buyer to maintain the property tax exemption? 3. Assuming a 280k sale price, what would be the annual licencing fees in California compared to property taxes? 4. I am unclear on the laws behind what happens if the park owner decides to sell to a developer or close the park? Is this a major risk to buying a manufactured home in a trailer park?

Hello!
I tried messaging my father’s medi-cal case worker five months ago and I still haven’t received a response. I can never get anyone on the phone and my job doesn’t allow me flexible time off to go in person.
My father is disabled, 71 years only with his only income as social security. His medi-cal monthly share of cost is $1300 and after his Medicare premium deduction he only brings in $1784 so he cannot afford to pay his share of cost every month, plus rent, groceries and other expenses. His food stamp benefit is $23 a month. I’ve been trying to find ways to lower his share of cost because he needs a caretaker and I’d love to have him get help through IHSS but again, he can’t pay that share of cost monthly, it’s not realistic.
I’ve been looking into options and I found something called the aged and disabled federal poverty level program and it seems he could potentially qualify for a zero share of cost if I can get his countable income down to $1732 if I purchase him a private health plan and the amount he pays that per month will bring his countable income down. Is this accurate? If so, does anyone have any recommendations on plans just so I can help him get that share of cost lowered?
Any help is appreciated.
Age: 71 Male Disabled Zip: 93455 State: California Social security monthly benefit: $1958.50 Medicare premium: $174.70 Medi-cal share of cost: $1339

Edit: CA as in Canada, not California.
Been in this game for 35 years and have had my share of bad tenants. So I have a VERY strict vetting procedure developed over years. Unfortunately I accepted a couple that seemed good, but not great. I think if Im honest it was because the gf was charmingly funny, witty and a very good communicator and that made me overlook a couple of red flags and I got conned.
One was that the bf had a terrible credit score. He has over $800 owing on utility bills from a few years ago and of course they had some cock and bull story about how it was the landlords fault.
The second was that they talked negatively about their last landlord and I should know that means they're going to think Im terrible too. That landlord gave them a good reference when I called her, but now Im sure she was lying to get rid of them. I should call her back and ask her the real story.
The third was that the bf hesitated when I asked him if he smoked and he said he only liked having a cigarette when he had "a beer" after work. He failed to mention that he likes having "a beer" a lot. They're smart enough not to smoke in the house but after 3 weeks my garage smells like a dive bar with booze and cigarettes.
Turns out he doesnt just smoke cigarettes either. Not all weed smokers are bad tenants but all bad tenants smoke weed. I dont care what anyone says about it being legal here, weed smokers have been a real pain in the ass for me.
I feel like an idiot. I KNOW better but I ignored the signs and was happy to get a new tenant who is paying considerably higher rent than the one who left. I wasnt even rushing - it took me weeks to find them after rejecting quite a few others. Just a dumb decision.
He's just been arrested for assaulting their (unapproved) roommate after a screaming match with his gf on the back lawn at 5 am. Neighbors must be thrilled. Third argument in as many weeks and the gf has been waking up the bsmt tenants with her screaming and his loud banging around, who knows what he was doing but Im sure it wasnt good.
I called an eviction specialist and its going to cost me $1000 to get them removed in 2 to 3 weeks (thank god its fairly fast here) plus the loss of $2300 in rent that they're highly unlikely to pay in 4 days. Oh and their share of the utilities is another 200. Ug. Just sickening.
Ive had one other violent tenant evicted in my career and it isnt worth the stress to do it myself. That guy was dangerous, destroyed my newly renovated house, Im sure this one is no better and I fully expect he will go apeshit and wreck things in my house. They've only been there one month and in this super tight market they will have a helluva time finding another rental but thats not my problem, Im just hoping to get the house back in one piece.
Ironically I went out of my way to get new appliances in for this couple that involved driving hundreds of kms to get a special set that is so heavy I had to hire help just to get them up the stairs and installed, all because she likes to work in the kitchen. And I approved their dog with no additional fees cause the dog is adorable and I love dogs. I want the dog to stay and her loser owners to get out lol
Expensive mistake. But I guess I needed a refresher course in how to pick losers.
Dont be me. Be fussy.

Hey everyone,
Due to a job relocation, I'll be renting out my house for the first time. Since I'm moving out of state, I'm considering using a property management company.
Here's where I need your advice:
Anyone have a fantastic property management company they use in the California
Is managing a rental yourself a total headache, or is it doable for beginners?
Anyone have any cautionary tales about property management companies to share?
Thanks in advance for your insights!

Hi everyone!
My partner and I will be doing a roadtrip in August along the West Coast. We have planned some parts of our trips but are more flexible on others. We will be arriving on August 1 in Vancouver, BC and fly back to Europe on August 30 from LA. We will be meeting friends in SF some time between 15-25 August; we don't know yet exactly so it'll be key for us to not make plans that cannot be changed on short notice (i.e. a couple of days before).
I was thinking:

• Stay a couple of days in Vancouver, perhaps do a day trip to Whistler, and then take the Ferry to Victoria. Stay overnight and take another ferry to Seattle. (We have ETA for Canada and ESTA for the US.)
• Spend a couple of days in Seattle and then take the train to Portland. (Appreciate any non-roadtrip ideas for those two cities, btw!)
• Now, we're not sure if we want to take the train from Portland into northern California and then rent a car (so we wouldn't be crossing state lines, given we're not US citizens) or whether we should rent a car already in Portland. Does it make a difference? Would love to hear from people who have done both but any advice is appreciated.
• Once in California (or indeed, in a car), we're pretty open in terms of what route but from what I've heard, we'd need to either stay on the coast or go inland. We have never been to the West Coast so would probably enjoy both. But keen to hear people's views!
• We would definitely like to go to some parks, doesn't matter whether national or state. But I understand they will be very busy in August and it can also be a bit complicated to get access to camping grounds. Again, any ideas and advice welcome.
• In terms of our last stretch, we will have to fly back from LA but again are pretty open in terms of how to get there... Highway 1 comes to mind (obviously) but also the parks inland. (I don't think we'll have enough time to go further south to SD / Tijuana, but I'm also not ruling it out.)

Thanks!

I have a security camera in my apartment that points at the living room and people who enter the front door. I have been dealing with a dispute with my landlord over her discrimination towards my familial status (she has stated she doesn’t want married people renting apartments from her, but thats another issue from what I’m about to describe), so I’m a little on edge whenever any interaction with her happens. I went on vacation for the holiday weekend, and she said she was going to use the time to have an electrician come in on friday and fix my breaker panel. It wasn’t broken but whatever, she gave me notice. Friday everything goes fine. Then I get a motion alert on Saturday, she brought the electrician in for more work. Already a red flag because there was no notice of any work or entry being done on Saturday. She stays in the apartment to “make sure my cats don’t run out while the electrician is working”, according to the cat sitter who showed up in the morning. I open up my security camera from my phone, and see her sitting on my couch while the worker is doing his thing. Then the fun part, she clearly gets bored. So she stands up, walks over to my desk, and starts reading my paperwork on my desk. This included medical records from a recent hospital visit. Yes it was on my desk out in the open, but it was multiple pages and she sat down and flipped through all the pages like a book. A reasonable excuse would be seeing it on my desk and stopping once you see the hospital name in big letters on the front page, but this is obviously highly inappropriate and an invasion of my privacy.
My question however, is that this was all caught on camera, clear as day. Her digging through my desk papers, finding the medical paperwork, putting on her reading glasses and going through all the pages. California is a “two party consent” state. If I bring this footage to my lawyer or to the police, will I be the one who gets in trouble for having a camera that records people in my home? I am fully aware that audio recording is not legal, but this is only video footage. If it is illegal, how does a camera even help me or anybody if it was a burglar?

I have a security camera in my apartment that points at the living room and people who enter the front door. I have been dealing with a dispute with my landlord over her discrimination towards my familial status (she has stated she doesn’t want married people renting apartments from her, but thats another issue from what I’m about to describe), so I’m a little on edge whenever any interaction with her happens. I went on vacation for the holiday weekend, and she said she was going to use the time to have an electrician come in on friday and fix my breaker panel. It wasn’t broken but whatever, she gave me notice. Friday everything goes fine. Then I get a motion alert on Saturday, she brought the electrician in for more work. Already a red flag because there was no notice of any work or entry being done on Saturday. She stays in the apartment to “make sure my cats don’t run out while the electrician is working”, according to the cat sitter who showed up in the morning. I open up my security camera from my phone, and see her sitting on my couch while the worker is doing his thing. Then the fun part, she clearly gets bored. So she stands up, walks over to my desk, and starts reading my paperwork on my desk. This included medical records from a recent hospital visit. Yes it was on my desk out in the open, but it was multiple pages and she sat down and flipped through all the pages like a book. A reasonable excuse would be seeing it on my desk and stopping once you see the hospital name in big letters on the front page, but this is obviously highly inappropriate and an invasion of my privacy.
My question however, is that this was all caught on camera, clear as day. Her digging through my desk papers, finding the medical paperwork, putting on her reading glasses and going through all the pages. California is a “two party consent” state. If I bring this footage to my lawyer or to the police, will I be the one who gets in trouble for having a camera that records people in my home? I am fully aware that audio recording is not legal, but this is only video footage. If it is illegal, how does a camera even help me or anybody if it was a burglar?

not sure if this is realistic, but looking for partial or full planners for under 10k.
our hope is to plan a fun, not-so-traditional wedding event for 30-50 people in california (open to Palm Springs, Santa Barbara & Northern California). total event budget is 30k and we really want to plan a fun weekend to remember (ie. easy public park ceremony, renting a private property for a pool party & upscale bbq, cool guest activity like jeep rides or a wine trolley etc). Lodging where guests can stay with or near each other would be great, but we’re accounting for attire, lodging, & some other extras separately.
has anyone accomplished something similar or found a great planner that works with smaller budgets? would love to hear your story either here or on DM! <3