What the fools didn't realize that the greedy managers of those Senior Living Residences would prevent millions of seniors who are financially unable and unprepared to afford the small condo-sized unit residences + vehemently UNWILLING to move into such residences instead preferring to remain in their beloved homes where they lovingly raised & cared for their spouse & children and where they know every single INCH of their current home!

I'll also guess 90% of the heat and air is a window unit or something not really tied into the main house.One thing I would also say is as best you can divorce the idea of an owner/occupied dream house from an investment property.   

Well maybe a duplex live in one side air bnb the other?

I get that not all circumstances can be prevented, however, there has to be a way to find those not intent on defrauding whether you are the borrower or the one providing the funds...from the wife.

What has been preventing buyers from approaching listing agents like you said?

There is an Air-force base and other aerospace companies which I believe is much of the clientele there but from my experience most people will live in the Antelope Valley or Rosamond and commute to work out there.

I lived there for 1 year then moved out and started renting the house on Air BNB in the Summer and mid term rentals in the winter.

And in the end didn't make me money and the loans I had on them actually prevented me from getting additional loans on other better deals.Anyway, here are the specifics:1) purchased 7/1997 @ $80k, $500 down payment, cashflow appx $150/mth as long as there were no major repairs or maintenance items, great % returns but very little $ returns.Sold 5/2016 @$67k, after about $7k rehabwas about $250/mth cash flow at time of saleOh, and it took many months to sell, therefore costing me additional holding costs with no cash flow2)  purchased 9/1998 @ $71k, Similar and same area as #1 - $500 down payment, cashflow appx $150/mth Sold 4/2016 @$72k,after about $9k rehabwas about $250/mth cash flow at time of saleand also took many months to sellFor fun, I just looked up their zillow as of today and 1 recently resold for $85kNow, today, there are a lot more resources to easily research market areas, etc, so I now do more research to find markets with more demand and growth potential. 

Some are easier inspections than others but some turn into larger projects (this can be prevented with better screening in leasing but we inherit bad tenants or poorly ran previous property manager problems often). 

They should be able to provide rent and prevent maintenance.