Be prudent and cautious, but take calculated risks.REI meetups are a great place to meet like minded people and connect.

Very, very few people keep the same loan for 30 years. 

Now I know there are an army of people that are going to tell me that I should have done my own screening of the public records, and all I can say is I know.

But, a lot of people like that.

I focus on mid-grade quality items that are durable and pleasant to use yet not so nice that people are tempted to swipe them and are then expensive to replace.

She moved out exactly a month if stay there and they left the place filthy also her son is not on the contract and I been told that many of them were living there while contract has only two people.

I still think that the appreciation question boils down to the "Do people with options want to live here?"

Also looking for feedback from people that don't work for BiggerPockets or are biased :)

For all the terrible things people say about investing in CA and yes the being not  landlord friendly is true, we have great appreciation and generational wealth has been passed on.

Building a team is something after you build the skills yourself, then teach them to other people to leverage more and more.