CA has more than half of the nations homeless/unsheltered persons. 

If not from the person in office, then definitely from the person running against them.

It's not a personal sale between you and your son, but rather a sale from one LLC to another.

Others may have personal experience to share.

Hey Makani, you should check out DSCR loans, which are primarily for investment properties and focus on the property’s income potential rather than your personal income.

I would start close to where you live personally. 

I spend roughly $120k on my renovations, but this is for the entire property and developing the secondary suite which certainly costs more (2 new furnaces, all new plumbing, new kitchens and bathrooms with tiled floors and showers).All said and done, I personally love it.

I'm thinking now though that it may be more appropriate to attempt that a little further on down the road once my own personal risk tolerance could accept it.

We recently relocated to Phoenix last summer and I'm starting to look for recommendations for local credit unions here in Phoenix which are trustworthy, low rates, personal touch, easy/simple to work with, etc. 

I personally see several issues with investing in Dubai real estate right now.