I serve a couple hundred clients who live in CA and they prefer to invest passively in real estate in areas like Texas, Oklahoma, Little Rock, AR and Memphis, TN.

Are there any tried and true/ industry standard sites, forums, etc. where those looking to avoid capital gains look for investment properties?  

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Piffard.

Purchase price: $125,000

Cash invested: $38,000

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The knowledge I've gained has been invaluable.

@John Ki Passively investing in real estate syndications is a great way to get exposure to real estate investing for those who don't have the time or knowledge needed to actively buy real estate.  

The last couple of months I have begun to gain more knowledge about Real Estate investing and becoming more informative.

With the exception of finding the tenants (I use an agent) I manage all maintenance aspects of the property but am coming to a point where I might want to move on and considering doing a 1031 exchange to of course avoid Cap Gains and invest in another property closer to my primary residence.

If you have a larger portfolio & some infrastructure behind you it can be nice because you can off set your losses with all of your gains.

To my understanding, the legal out of state entity can own the property AND manage the rental property because it is passive income...But California and New York may have different laws you need to check.Generally, The requirement to register an LLC as a foreign entity in another state generally depends on whether the business is considered to be "doing business" in that state.

I'd do a 1031 exchange and defer capital gains.