I purchased one fourplex in CA last year with one partner.

It always seems the people that don't live in CA or have ever lived in CA are always the one leading the bandwagon of "why would anyone live in CA?".

The big issue is building a single small residential unit is the most expensive residential development.Here is a list of why adding a single ADU in single family zoned areas in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

I live in CA.

Good luck and congrats on escaping CA.

I found an amazing home in CA, and I pulled a title report and they have a VA loan on the property, I became interested in the assumption of the loan after seeing the option on their loan docs.

In California you need a closet to be considered a bedroom plus an actual door on the room.

This California law eliminates much of the red tape by bypassing environmental reviews and subjective local approvals, creating a faster and more predictable development process.

I can save a fair bit on state tax and rent as I'm currently living in California. 

When I lived in CA it was pretty common.