It's more like icing on the cake lol.

Post-crash, buyer's market everywhere, prices were down 40%, or more in great residential areas such as Laguna Hills. 4Plexes in Anaheim were being bought like candies in super market.

The ones I had previously, my high point in rent was $ 495, now those same units are $ 850.The icing on the cake is that the Beltline is just across and within the next 5 years or so, we expect a developer wanting to buy this block

@Autumn Wilson Five years a a very reasonable timeline - When I started out investing, my only intention was to be completely self sufficient when I retired - I wanted a retirement funded entirely by rental property - My pension and 401k would be icing on the cake.... five years later, I decided to resign from my career 15 years early - my monthly obligations had already been covered by investment income.Good Luckjeff

Downtown Riverside also has some intriguing projects like the Food Lab (similar to Anaheim Packing House).Just wanted a casual discussion. 

And yet, as we know, with the BRRR strategy our primary concern is the ability to return our capital and minimize our total capital outlay and maximize our equity gains.The fact that we have such great rental return is just icing on the cake!

fine don't count metro1,360,164Number of households the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,315,637California: 12,896,357

The good news is, you seem to already be aware that this will definitely not be a cake walk LOL!  

Realtor here who has worked with a few investors that sound like you..only so many hours in a day, agents who succeed are the ones maximize their dollars per hour.2 deals /year isn't someone who will get priority with a busy agent who is about their dollars.. and it sounds like the deals you want aren't MLS, or paying nearly as much as listings do as far as $/hr..honestly go get your own license, piece of cake.

If as an investor I can do a few deals a year through the networking I'm already doing, I see it as icing on the cake since I still work in a different field.