I'm often presented with opportunities to acquire investment condos in Orlando, Miami, and other popular Florida cities.I always decline.Read the article below to understand better why "condo" and "Florida" are now a particularly bad combination!

Here's another key...we usually want to see that someone has done similar projects in the past...or at least projects of progressively increasing complexity. 

We have a small 3 bd 1 bath home that is  in the path of progress.

The Roseville one is pretty popular, haven't tried the one in Folsom.I'd be happy to share what I'm finding in Yuba City, just ping me with your email.

I know this is not the popular opinion on BP, but this is the reality if you make investment decisions based on the metrics you are prioritizing. 

We love intown living and our ideal situation is a house with some character in a diverse neighborhood with community gardens, BeltLine, etc.We have heard and seen an opportunity on the Westside (Grove Park, West End, Adair Park, Capitol View / Perkerson Park, and some streets in Mozley Park) with all of the exciting developments that are planned or in progress.

Again, I'm not local so I'm just taking every cost and push-back on progress at face value.It's $80 per door, per year, plus the one time inspection fee, which I was thinking was $180, but don't recall exactly right now. 

@Pat Dansdill ALE Solutions is one of the more popular sites for insurance placements.

B grade property walks are attended by my children to run around and tell me which bedrooms they would pick if it was their home.43605, 43608, 43609 are the popular zipcodes for bottom-budget value purchases...I manage a ton in these areas and my personal portfolio contained over 40 43608 properties at the peak. 20% of these properties will be crazy money earners, 20% will be astounding money pits, and 60% will fare average.I have evolved into the nicer 43612/43613 for my personal portfolio and find the properties earn consistently and far smoother than my 43608 houses. ($80k renting for $1200 vs $40k renting for $800 multiplied by the ratio above vs boring consistency of the nicer area) Oh and I have zero excitement for apartments.

The area is popular for off-roading but these people bring their own RVs.