It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with foreign investors.

Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

As you know its near impossible to find a good cash flowing deal in CA due to sale price, taxes and lack of inventory.Last one I closed on was over off of Germantown Road it was a great 2 unit that needed a little TLC for $160K but passed an inspection and was livable.

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As remote work is more and more common, many professionals look for a home there.

Note I strive to minimize cash flow because it gets taxed versus other RE return are easy to defer or avoid the taxes.  

Conversely, if new houses are being built frequently, older properties may struggle to maintain their value.Property taxes also play a significant role.

Identify good brokerages and licensed R.E. professionals, and those who you send your marketing to.

Very sad, very taxing, a lot of effort before you have a deal to show for it.

 - prop 13 basically fixes the property tax.