Very saturated market and I agree, not a good idea to buy something that negative cashflows

Note investors who think learning from people who scam others out of millions is a good idea and a way to have a good reputation in the space. 

Don't want to work a W2 forever.I haven't tried all of the platforms by any means but Gemini vs ChatGPT for example, I will ask them questions in regards to evaluating markets and if they don't like the idea (don't know where to look?)

Those Internet companies were killed by better ideas. 

I think your idea is fantastic.

I am super attracted to the idea because I love to fix and flip, and the emount of money to get started is so much less. 

Plus while she may have taken good care of the place, you have no idea if the son will. 

We have made an offer for a property and it turns out City of San Diego has asked the seller to replace the uneven side walk by the property does any one has an idea about ball park figure to replace a city side walk?

You will have better luck going southwest to Fairmount.0.5 miles north of campus or directly east or west can put you into very unfavorable markets. 

It is always better to start with a multi-unit 2+ so that if something goes wrong, you still have one tenant to cover necessary expenses (mort, taxes, insur, etc).Also, major renovations are not a great idea for starting out as others said, especially out of state.