@Alex Wehri   @Amanda Roderick    @Tim DyeThere is a meeting this Thursday at Tommy's Pizza on Dublin-Granville between Sawmill and Riverside.  

Hi Glen, I’m new to BiggerPockets but I just noticed your post.

Anyways, as I've been exploring there are definitely better monthly rent/price ratios 1-2 hours outside of LA (riverside, Bakersfield, etc.) for cash flow. 

Hello,I am looking into Riverside, CA as a potential market for multi-family homes.  

@Nader Tashakor  for buy and hold, you will be able to find stuff in Riverside co if you're looking close to home.  

Also, yes I know Essex varies A LOT from the Oranges to mega-mansions in Glen Ridge but I'm looking for the "typical" rental property.  

Going to my first real estate meeting on the 28th at the mission inn hotel in riverside.  

That is a square between 11th St to I44, from Riverside to Yale.

jeff knowing you dont have the cash to put down you're right, not the easiest thing to find a duplex in Nashville where 1 unit's rent pays for BOTH units.. may be able to find a triplex that needs work to do that, if you'd be willing to live in one of the smaller unitsas far as house hacking though, there are definitely options that pop up regularly on the MLSwas just looking at this one today:MLS# 1774826 -- https://www.redfin.com/TN/Nashville/1007-Riverside...depending on how much cash you put down, you can rent the upstairs unit there for ~$800/mo. 

Thanks, Glen Beringer !