Please help I am brand new to this lifestyle of real estate investing and I am trying to find my niche.

I wouldn't worry about the baby unless you really really see like something specific but dirty lifestyle doesn't qualify so keep that opinion on the sideline and stay with the technicalities.

Hi Lynne,Gunshot alley is no place to raise a family.If you want to move quickly and move up to a nicer lifestyle, there are a lot of LARGE Multi-family apartment complexes in the area.Many will have pools, hot tubs, gyms, dog walking parks, Amazon Delivery boxes, and the freedom from having to cut the grass or maintain the structure, and best of all no property taxes to deal with--all in return for one monthly fee.If this is something you are interested in, go visit a few properties (after dark) and see if they "Feel" safe to you at night.https://www.apartments.com/santa-rosa-ca/Just my 2 cents!  

In better neighborhoods with higher price points (over 300k) the margin goes down to $500 or even $400, so your cash flow is decreasing, but your equity gain over time is stronger and you are enjoing a nicer lifestyle.

Some folks (I would say the majority of the real estate investors I've met) just want a lifestyle business or to create wealth for them and their family. 

@Laurent Meyer no matter what you think of the motives behind the media, government, etc... regarding the pandemic the fact is it is having a real impact on people's lives, their lifestyle and their earnings.

If not, then Refi and restart your 15 with about the same terms and for 8k getting 700 less on your payments.This is a life style choice over a what's the math says choice.

I've been looking in Orange county; but I have found it extremely difficult to find a SFH property that CF more than 1k (1 tenant in each bedroom and at the avg cost of rent in the local area) on my local MLS.I am open to moving to different cities within FL, in terms of life style I can live like a college student/spartan in order to get a higher ROI on my investment.

First, make sure it suits your lifestyle, or you won't be happy, and so there really is no point.

I was thinking much more of higher-end properties, potentially on the west coast in communities where Chinese thrive and have a more similar lifestyle to back home.