Cannot find cash flowing deals in CA

[Sahil Rajput]

Hello BP community. 

I am a newbie to real estate investing and located in the bay area. I am looking for my first deal around Freno, CA area (want to start local). I have spoken to few realtors. 3/2 SFHs are priced around 400k and rents are around 2.5k. I am looking at numbers and cant seem to have any cashflow unless I do a ~75% down payment. Is this the reality or I am missing something? For those who say we can still find cash flowing deals in Fresno, what are those strategies?