If you just want to build your cash reserves then flipping is the way but just be careful - that too takes a lot of work and research to make sure you don’t lose money.  

Hope this helps. 

Currently I am working in partnership on a luxury Air Bnb property in the Philippines to familiarize myself in short-term rentals.I live in Cerritos, CA and am looking to invest into a multi-family home to house-hack in Orange County, CA to get started.I will need a residential agent and possibly a contractor.I look forward to learning and hopefully working with you all!

@Rafael Ramos All your goals contradict each other:(1) Cashflow: buy Class C & D properties2) Appreciation: buy Class A & B properties3) Low Crime: buy Class A & B properties4) Why would you want your investments to lose money to lower your taxes?

Pete area  after the recent hurricane and was hoping to get some real, boots-on-the-ground insight.

Quote from @Kyle Harris: I'm a new investor and looking to learn as much as I can this year and hopefully make a purchase on a multifamily unit by the end of 2025.

Hopefully we will meet at one of them and help one another out. 

Hope all of that makes sense but feel free to post with anything else. 

Those who blow it off eventually lose eligibility.To ignore the correlations is nonsense.

Hope this helps :)