Purchase price: $360,000 We bought this stacked duplex, lived in one unit for 2 years and moved on.

@Hugh Horner I live in the village of Catskill.

Finding deals outside of California can definitely open up new opportunities, especially given the cost of living and market dynamics in the state.When looking for properties in other states, consider focusing on areas with strong rental demand, economic growth, and population increase.

I am a district manager with a company called Build 2 rent, and i live in Cape Coral.  

If I were new I would simply stick to areas close to where I live.

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

The seller was selling to the tenant living in the property.

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For example, we cannot find a good deal in Houston on the MLS to save our lives, but in San Antonio there are a bunch. 

I live in a community where half the people never lock their doors.