In my 20+ years of buying and selling Real Estate, I have represented many International Buyers on investment properties in California. 

You don't want to be the sort who's selling lemons

After buying hundreds of houses I guess one learns a couple things..I was in San Diego California on a 2 hour "how buy real estate chat" and when done I over heard the real estate club owner say "I will never have him back" He said that becasue I wasnt selling anything, just giving knowledge about our business.What I found really funny is that he called me a few months later and asked me how to market for certain types of deals...BTW I was invited back...

Should I look in other, cheaper parts of CA?

If there is anyway to move to a cheaper location in CA or out of state that would make your $50K go a lot further. 

I have 2 options for investment HELOCs on California properties. 

.- He recently inherited a 3-bedroom single-family home in Fremont, CA, valued around $1 million, currently rented out for $4,000/month.Alex's main concerns are balancing his full-time job with the demands of real estate investment, managing cash flow effectively, and understanding the potential tax benefits.- What investment strategies should he consider?

Our family is currently in another country and is moving to Los Angeles Ca in June~July.

Hello all,My current insurance provider is going to stop insuring in CA.

The Data base was basically the I 5 corridor from the California Oregon Border to Just South of Tacoma Washington between the coast range and the Cascade range.. we had about 11k parcels identified and that was our list.. we sent some mailers but it was almost all telephone work.. once we had the data base we used the reverse directory to find the phone numbers now keep in mind this is pre Cell phone..