As you probably know, California includes all foreign immigration - both legal and illegal to boost the numbers.

Probably going to take 6+ before you get traction but it's worth it

It included my real name, our real home address, and what was probably a Google voice number.

Yes 1k sqft is small but probably much better than living with family.

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Assuming you pay asking price, I'd estimate the down payment for something like that using a hard money loan (HML) would be around 40% of the purchase price and your monthly payment would be $2,600 with an interest rate in the low 7% range (probably need a 700+ credit score to get that).

Here is how to find such a CPA:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1222774-expla...You probably (argh, can't help myself) noticed that I was pointedly talking about the initial year.

Of course it probably wasn’t even worth the amount owed in taxes as nothing could be built on the lot. 

Hey Anthony, in that case I would probably invest out of state and find a partner in that state to be the boots on the ground.

And, voilà, you have your own guide.Problem is what they'll likely want to know will probably be basic and already covered by those guides.

That is probably the biggest incentive.