I'm sure there are meetups in the Desert as it is fairly different from the rest of CA even the Inland Empire

My family and I picked up a triplex in the high desert not too long ago and looking to continue.

The Valley spans from Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs in the West, to Indio and Coachella to the South East.

Tourism is an historic well established business there and make a comparison Mexico Vs Colombia is like compare a tropical island vs a desert .

Bonus is if you can move to larger parcels that may have timber value.trying to find lots for builders is pretty much a non starter builders find their own lots.. and are not going to over pay.this is why the guys that do this primariliy are working the deserts of the south west.. high deserts of CA rural Texas NM  AZ  so on and so forth..

But you can look surrounding cities Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert etc.

Go live way out where most people wouldn't prefer to be right now ... think houses in the desert or rural ...

With all the desert surrounding Las Vegas, one would think there is an abundant amount of land to bury dead bodies or build new homes.

Keep listening to podcasts and use all the free tools here on BP that not only teach you a ton of amazing stuff but keep your spirits up and mindset focussed on what really matters as you walk through that desert ahead of you.

You will have to leave the state of California (or go way out in the desert) if you want to live in one of the units AND cashflow with only 3.5% down.