All of my customers in NJ, NY, CT, CA, WA and other states are all buying in those states as well as a few others.The price to cash flow ratio is going to be better in those states as well as having a higher inventory of both single family and multifamily rental homes.

My California tenant has initiated his monthly rent payment ($2100) to pull from his Chase account on March 14 through my Avail PM system, but I will not be receiving it until March 19. 

Prices are getting close to California levels and it might be difficult to find tenants with all the competition out there.

Quote from @Kristin Vegas: hi biggerpocket family. my name is cris and looking to buy a rental property in youngstown ohio for cashflow, i live in california and thinking in buy a property in youngstown ohio. anybody here investing there for cashflow if so, which area of youngstown is good and where to avoid. any friendly investor agentHi Kristin!

There is one book for 49 states and a separate book for California.

Happy to connect &help in the Los Angeles, CA market! 

For reference the higher value property is in California and the rest of the properties are in Texas & Utah.

I'm currently based in California FWIW.Detroit has a lot going for it: affordable properties, a solid rent-to-price ratio, and a ton of neighborhoods with strong rental demand.

I'd like to get them licensed in California, but it is very difficult. 

For more info, check out the law itself AB968: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB968/id/2764362 https://www.car.org/riskmanagement/qa/New-Laws/2024-New-Laws