Water penetration can also include roof failures or pipe bursts that allow water to leak into or damage your home.Either have the repaired area researched by your local expert and accept it.

The best place for true private money is usually in your local meet-ups!

Investing locally in the Bay Area will come with higher acquisition costs, but appreciation can still build wealth long term, so don't be weary if you're property doesn't cash flow right now the bat.

Some areas of the west coast are allowing multiple units to be built out on a single parcel and in these higher COL areas, it's a boon for the homeowners, renters, builders and even for the local governments that are collecting the building fees.

Quote from @Stephen Smith: Separately, a local roofing contractor was recently caught installing shingles on a BTC property in Cape Coral.  

can you invest locally instead?

What I gathered from Sumrok's students is that it works best if you're local and can be in the area (sort of in a face) a lot.In terms of Rod's program, I bought the online course awhile back.

Does that mean the actual manager or a local contact.

Instead of throwing your deal out to a bunch of strangers on the internet, I recommend you do your research to find a local expert with 20+ ACTIVE years in real estate in your market.

Only five of the qualifying 25 local cities saw a population decrease, topped by Bee Cave (-2.7%).