If you need names of accountants or attorneys in San Diego, let me know. 

I'm also in San Angelo.

I hear Boston prices are insane

They have a set of rules to go by for qualifying you, but the rate/terms could vary from lender to lender.Shop around like you would for anything else.There is a Credit Union here in San Antonio that will pay up to$5k of your closing costs. 

Because the LA market is so insane right now I've started looking in central California (Fresno, Merced, etc), the Sacramento area, and have also considered out of state (I've already read @David Greene's great book on out of state investing). 

I'm in San Antonio, and I will approve someone with up to a 2x Rent Security Deposit. 

Every city looks good when you live in San Jose- but rather than let the relative value lure you in you should be taking a VERY objective approach.

If anyone can help out with a good CA RE attorney located in San Diego, that would be fantastic.Thanks!

Absentee works... driving for dollars and creating your own list.I am in San Diego, it works here, though it works best at median home prices or just under.

Congrats for having the guts to take a leap into MF.I'm not sure if Cap Rates in Canada are far off from the US but the only time I've seen such low cap rates be acceptable is on very expensive 3MM+ MF in A+ Class areas where they're bringing in just insane amount of gross rent.