BRRRs, a) are hard to find today where you can actually pull all money out at refi, and b) as Whitney mentioned have rehab, lease up and then seasoning to contend with slowing down your capital trajectory.  

-If you are looking to submit offers on properties that are on the ML under $200k you will be contending with several other offers.

I live about 30 minutes west of you in Verdi, and invest mostly in the Nevada City CA area -- I've found better rental returns (although those are drying up fast) and fewer investors to contend with.

I mean, there are still Washington laws to contend with, but yes, if you hire a manager it's their job to handle all that.

If you have good credit and a good income, you should consider the HomeStyle Renovation loan from Fannie Mae as you wouldn't have to contend with lifetime PMI as you would with an FHA loan.

@Josh DeedenContended poverty is an honorable estate but if indeed it be contended it's not poverty at all.

Sewer or septic, there's always going to be something you'll need to contend with.

Also, if you wait long enough for rates to drop again, then you’re going to be contending with and competing with everyone else who’s ALso been waiting for rates to drop again. and we still have a supply shortage.

if only I "had a dream team" "I could have been somebody, I could have been a contender".

I still contend that yessing young investors along and always telling them how smart they are and good they are doing will only allow them to go broke, especially when a market downturn is coming.