Any opinions on Redlands, CA? Or Riverside?

[Elijah Householder]

Hey everybody,

I am looking to purchase my first investment property soon. Fairly new graduate and packing away the savings right now to get my first purchase in (No prior experience in REI. However, I have been reading books for a while and work at an online mortgage lender. So have some but very minimal knowledge in the REI world). I am starting to do my due diligence and trying to lock down a location. Hoping to get a 2-3 unit property but open to SFH as well.

I have always been interested in Riverside. I went to school there and feel it is in a great central location for Southern California. However, as most of you know who live/invest there, it is not the most glamorous place (As of right now. Believe that could change). However, I feel like Redlands is a beautiful place but not as great of an overall location in Socal.  

Any opinions on this? Or any tips for what I should start doing/looking into? Totally open to any suggestions and would LOVE any help/advice you can give. Like I said, I have pretty much zero knowledge in the REI world so I would love to hear from the pros!

Best,

Elijah