Low property taxes, landlord friendly, weather is reasonable, close to Lake Tahoe and lots of enjoyable areas in CA, strong appreciation, strong rents, population growth, diversified job growth, limited land allows for significant appreciation outlook over time. 

It was definitely a "fix and flipper" lipstick job. 

Seems like everyone only does a half job and the good ones are too busy!

Investment Info:

Single-family residence other investment.

Purchase price: $100,000

Cash invested: $100,000

Sale price: $646,000

Built this from the ground up. Lived in while finishing. Have reha...

ALL Investing is good... but do you want to create another job for yourself? 

Residents can pay $1600 for rent and be in nicer areas of Memphis with better food, school, job, and transportation options. 

Economic Factors: Are job growth, population influx, or other economic indicators a big part of your decision-making process?

I currently am a part-time real estate investor that will be leaving my sales job at the end of the year to start investing full time in real estate.

Quote from @Sanil Subhash Chandra Bose: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Very good.. reality is though very few will do this to much work.when I was full time buying courthouse steps I would occasionally go into the recorders office and see my competition doing all this busy work.

I heard that you need to be a realtor, but also heard that since I don’t have w2 job and only doing real estate investing then I can do the cost segregation.