Is one on one conversations possible, but FOR ME in today's world I think we ought to forget privacy on some levels............but also as always say who knows.......and then I get into perception and perspectives and it gets really crazy or interesting........ so I will close here as I need to use less words rather than more, but that might never happen unfortunately??

But I represent numerous developers and builders in this market that do exactly what I described. 

There are many issues: pollution from Tiajuana river closes the beach many times a year, class of area, lack of infrastructure spending, perception/reputation, traffic, etc.   

There are numerous meet ups both focusing on areas North and South.

I would say that all of the numerous methods we use to find deals work, just track what you're doing so you can review and figure out how you need to tweak things going forward.

Many investors are currently focusing on value add and cash flow over development deals due to their perception of where we are in the market cycle.

I've had numerous friends and colleagues offer me substantial amounts of money to invest (in one case $1M) and have finally decided to take a serious look at combining some of my funds with my friends and colleagues to purchase an apartment complex. 

I have read numerous times that you shouldn't invest in California real estate (you can buy 4 properties in the midwest for the price of 1 in CA) and that you should never invest in a city that has no industry or a declining population.I live in the mountains of Northern California, very "middle of nowhere".

I this this is just your perception and you should rethink it.

Going full-time with numerous clients is a different beast when it comes to marketing, etc, but it doesn't sound like you necessarily want to scale that side of things.When you add in the fact that I was able to save 2.7% on the acquisition price and 3% of the re-sale price on every rehab project we completed (30+ properties/60+ transactions over 4 years), I came out way ahead.