Cash buyers have the upper hand due to no appraisal contingency and able to close a lot quicker.

CA has property tax rate that is a little lower than the median.

Alternatively, if I can find a lower cost single fam home where I can cash out 100% of my investment I would do that but those have been harder to find recently. 

My mark up is always lower than the direct lender because I don't spend money advertising during the Super Bowl or buying a private jet for my CEO, and we don't have layers of management we need to pay.

So, for a $2,500 rent with a 3x income rule, you’d expect their combined gross income to be $7,500/month.As for utilities being included in the rent, some landlords in NYC do lower the income requirement slightly (e.g., to 2.5x or 2.75x) since tenants won’t have additional out-of-pocket utility costs.

As you start closing deals, you will need to reinvest your profits into mailing lists and other scalable activities to grow your business.

There's no current loan on it right now.Given that the investor is a family member (that's how I'm reading it), buying the LLC will "save" you money from buying the land yourself as there won't be any closing/transaction costs.

Findlay is a real oppotunity beause you’ve got a combination of stable job sources, a decent population size, and often lower acquisition costs compared to bigger metros.About choosing an agent..

There are definitely options for less than $100k, just depends on how much lower - $75k is doable but less than that gets a liiiiiittle tricky (although still doable in some cases).

Close to the Intel Plant.