Maybe ask your religious leader (???)

Find any and all local REI groups and attend them religiously.

She bakes for things like Quinceaneras and All Saints Day meaning her RELIGIOUS celebrations. 

It’s not working and I’m following the directions religiously. 

And anything religious is even more of a red flag to me, because it says that the 'buyer' thinks that I'm so gullible, that a mention of God would make me more interested in dealing with him' - In fact, anyone that used something religious is someone I'd be even less inclined to deal with, because they don't think they can can offer enough credibility by themselves, so they throw God into the mix. 

This was mainly due to people coming in for music festivals and/or activities at the Expo center.  

I have read many books and follow BP religiously. 

I'm a 29 year old American living in California (Silicon Valley) with $500k in cash.Due to religious reasons, I cannot use leverage (i.e. bank loans), so my investments need to be all cash.I need to invest this money in a way that will get me good rental returns.I do think my only options may be to go out of state.I was thinking of potentially buying two condos in not so great neighborhoods in California ($250k each) and renting them out.I was also thinking about going out of state and buying two nice townhouses (maybe somewhere in Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, etc) at $250k each and renting them out.I'm not sure what to do with my money that will get me good returns, while not being able to use leverage.Should I go out of state, or invest somewhere in California where the rental returns won't be so great?

Great music and restaurants and always a festival or 2 going on. 

Religious organizations usually have partial or full exemption from real estate taxes and their holding cost on real property is lower than yours.