@Geoffrey Paugam just curious, why not stay closer to home?

The grass isn't always greener on the other side.  

If I see a high CAP rate, I start to look closer at the property and ask questions.

I would also recccomend looking into the passing of the ADU/DADU (Bill 1337) that is really changing what can be done on properties closer in to urban areas. 

Look for a market that works for your time, money, energy that moves you closer to your goal of why you are investing in real estate. 

Tougher when you get closer to the City.

If you furnish it and do a medium-term rental, you can get closer and even cash flow a bit with the right property.

WONDERING also if you do these kinds of things with Back Taxes- we ( my husbands BIZ and I ) are working on consolidating his business loan (bout 20k) from the pandemic days and then this back tax of 28k from his previous divorce days-  both very high in interest- and before we paid our work van off a consolidation program I reached out to was like - uh we can't help you-  anyways Im sure you can find my contact info via BP- my membership will close here soon as I will be back when we're closer to buying our first home- I am focused on building my business and such- Jesi Naomi on Social media - would love to talk- I love this membership - I just need to cut down on costs I haven't been using while getting our finances in order.   

When you get closer to the date you're ready to start shopping this area, I'll be happy to update the appreciation reports for any zip code you're interested in.

If they need to approve the grass (or have a list of approved grasses), that should be outlined in the HOA documents.