California It seems like the market quite competitive.I'd love to hear more about your experiences and any tips you have for navigating these different aspects of real estate investing and development.

CA and NC seem to have the most unique rules that I've come across, especially the non-refundable due diligence money in NC.

I live in Los Angeles and do not want to buy in california. 

My wife and I are debating on moving out of California and the only place we are considering is Florida.

My 94-year-old dad has a rental outside of Sacramento. Small town, in the country, 2/1 on one acre.  My sister and I have delt with it but different opinions on how to manage it so it's now 95% my sister.  The tenant ...

There is some nasty foreclosure/usury limitations being challenged in CA courts right now and the appeals are still pending.

CA is a beautiful state. 

@Kasey Sulheim Florida and California have major problems with insurance.

I self-manage a property in California and have never worked with a PMC before, so I'm uncertain about what my responsibilities are compared to those of the property manager.

Our priorities in terms of market is there needs to be- anticipated economic growth (lots of tech companies are moving into Columbus),- prices need to allow us to buy in all cash (400k or less, ideally up to 300k),- we want the area to be safe (when looking into places like Dayton, OH or Memphis, TN for instance it looks like all our boxes are checked on paper, numbers wise but we realized quickly there are a lot of unsafe areas and we could have the potential for problem tenants)- yearly expenses to be relatively low (i.e. we are avoiding NYC and the tri state area, California, etc. for having extremely high taxes).Is our initial analysis on the right track for Columbus?