Charity, while I like your advice on rental arbitrage, I don’t agree with your paragraph on CA being too expensive and that only OOS will achieve his goals. 

CA being a community property state has certain rules for property in a marriage. 

Whatever his reaso let the guy talk about it and maybe escalation ca be avoided.   

If your goals are wealth building, then finding a market with great appreciation can be the better play (Hawaii being a decent choice for that and much of CA being some of the greatest for that). 

One at the end of the season due to their business in CA being shut down and the other at the beginning of the season for a couple of medical professionals in LA that need to be home.I honored the policy.

CA being a good example.

They're complete information ca be found on the court-mandated form Duties and Liabilities. https://www.courts.ca.gov/docu...Depending on where your located at in the Bay Area you'll have to make a trip to your local county courthouse to view the estate file that should include the form..

With Washington, DC, and Aliso Viejo, CA. being such high rent neighborhoods, buying right still covers the mortgage and any association fees. 

Also with overall market all in CA being "heated" is it time to wait it out?

My girlfriend and I are going to purchase a Duplex in the general Sacramento Area of CA. Being