Just make sure the city has a solid infrastructure and don't invest in small villages where nobody wants to live. 

But if it didn’t have the services and infrastructure surrounding it that could feed it with tenants and that’s why the previous owner failed, that’s harder to overcome.

So if you purchase this outside of California, you must have your local infrastructure in place to help you take care of the property. 

of course this is where a developer comes to play .. and since I am a small time one.I can tell you that in markets that are robust.. land is a premium.. if it has to be subdivided and infrastructure built there is a small segment that can do those and have the means to get financing very tough..  

I think the right way to do it is to look for places that have regulation, licensing and tax infrastructures in place.

However, I would just run numbers carefully on the properties you have available and start to narrow down areas in surrounding areas that have the most potential for growth in the city, appreciation, new infrastructure, etc. 

No thanks.On another project I'm considering using this for a client to submeter electric for a tenant https://www.amazon.com/Neurio-Electricity-Monitor-...To your point, it's a little bit of a pain in that she will have to read it, but she's okay with that.

If you find a mobile home on land with the infrastructure in place, it may already be grandfathered in.

You have to be clear about roles and responsibilities and know that the BIC should be monitoring your business because they are taking legal responsibility.My recommendation is to visit larger offices and see if they are willing to allow you to open a property management branch under their license.

Hello fellow Canadians, I had been investing in US mainly due to their good web infrastructures on finding deals and managing them through property managers.