Choosing A Market- Orange County, Riverside or San Bernardino

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Hi Everyone,
I want to get your opinion. I'm going to start direct mail marketing, looking for deals to flip. I live in Orange County California. Prices are high, foreclosures are low (compared to other places). I would LOVE to do deals here but I'm not sure I'll get a good response mailing around here.

The neighboring county that my brother rehabs in is San Bernardino and Riverside. High foreclosure rate, cheap houses. A lot of people work this market because there is a lot of distress situations where people are willing to give their house away at a cheaper price.

We are thinking of trying this in OC because we would like to work in our backyard versus driving an hour to get to our properties.

What is your experience with markets like Orange County? Is there a lot of opportunity for rehabbers?? Or should we just stick with whats been working.

Thank you all!

Lauren