One of two of the little creatures travel fast, make messes all over like their are a hundred of them.I have a place in the middle of the desert near Las Vegas and we have thousands of field mice in the area, We literally see them around the house every day.

Thankfully, I'm in the desert and it doesn't rain/snow very often but every time there are clouds, I get nervous.

There are really, only two here, very hot and desert cold.

It seems like Palm desert has too many restrictions now.

There are panels put out in the desert in the 1950 that are still producing. 

(Not to say there aren't some spectacular properties at a higher price point too.)Further from Portland:Ashland & Medford, OR - Southern Oregon, Ashland is a great little college town with (when it opens back up) the amazing Oregon Shakespeare Festival.Bend, Sisters, Tumalo, Prineville, Redmond - Oregon's high desert.

Hi David, there are two that are active at the moment.The Inland Empire Investors Forum (Corona)Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association (Palm Desert, CA)There may be a few meetups happening but these are the ones we've worked with in the past and that have been around a while.

I have a colleague who does well up there on both the flip and buy/hold sides up there and swears by it.The main issue with Anderson is population (or lack thereof) some factories shut down several years back and a lot of people lost their jobs so they moved away leaving a ton of deserted homes.

Real Estate investing is something that I have always been very interested in and "now" is the right time for me to finally jump in.In a perfect world, I would like to invest in my current community here in Southern California where I would be close to the properties, but I also understand that this might be difficult or impossible to find properties, which ultimately are cash positive.I am located specifically in Palm Desert, California with the neighboring communities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City, La Quinta, Indio and Coachella.We are a resort community with a major population influx between "season" and "off season" and with so many different investment options such as buy and hold (long term rental vs. short term vacation rental), flipping, etc., I'm really curious to find other people who may have either previously invested or currently invest within the Coachella Valley to see what has worked for them.I definitely want to explore all avenues that could work here locally before venturing out of the area, but I'm well aware that it might be a better idea to head out of state for better opportunities.I'm really looking forward to any input.Thanks in advance!

The rent/value ratios are .05 or lower, CAP Rate average was about 4% and COC was less than 6%, so maybe you will have to go out to Bakersfield, Victorville, Hesperia, Beaumont, Indio and other high desert markets to make it work.