@Femi AjayiRecommend you do your own research on this and visit the places you consider investingThere are 41,704 zip codes across country and no idea how many on east coastRegarding cash flow and appreciation - they do not go hand in hand.

My market and I suspect most Ca coastal cities have near lowest vacancy, late payment, missed payment, and evictions in the country. 

I moved here for capital markets and real estate and it's the #1 net migration county in the country I don't look anywhere else and I would recommend you don't either. look at ground up construction. everything is killing it down here. 

I go back and forth between wanting to buy a place for myself in CA or just continue renting and instead invest in a cheaper area of the country.

I am traveling out of the country at the moment and we are communicating via email.She claims to have done this many times before but seems to have no clue what I am asking for.

I've read hundreds of leases from around the country and the BP version is as good as any.

Great guy loved him we lived at the same Country Club but he was just to disruptive to all the other agents that were not retired .. 

It's affordable and one of the fastest growing markets in the Country! 

There are  STVRs in other parts of the country outside of SanDiego.

But we still do a Facetime for each property.A lot of "unfinished" turnkeys in bad neighborhoods have been sold over the years, by people who have fled the country. ;-) (Portugalseems to be a popular place to flee to).