I've enjoyed creating and tweaking our own analysis tool to help us analyze deals.I don't think we are interested in pursuing flips, but I'm curious to better understand the analysis side of this strategy to continue my learning.I've tried to do some research, but I keep coming up with some areas that I'm not following. 

I too continue wondering why they spend SOOO much time teaching if they are so successful in flipping REOs.

Hey Kevin,I say continue to buy rentals and of course needs to be out of state because of where you live.

I continuously run into more people like this (I am sure living in Ca does not help).  

My cash flow will continue to increase and in a few years I will have cash flow that cheap markets can only dream aboutUnlike most responses, I believe there is not enough info for me to state an opinion on keeping or selling your existing property, but $800 negative does not necessarily imply to me that it should be sold especially in a market that has appreciated 35% in the last year. 

Thanks all for the continued great advice.

Prices and rents continue to increase steadily.Sales - $/SqFt by Month(Click to enlarge.)The median sales $/SF was up 9% YoY and 6.7% YTD.Rentals - $/SqFt by MonthRents rose 4.3% YoY and 6% YTD.The Market Remains HotFollowing the rapid inventory decline starting in Q1, the number of days on the market for sales remained below 17 and for rentals below 19, indicating strong demand for both.Sales - List to Contract Days by MonthRentals - List to Contract Days by MonthRental trends tend to follow sales.

Can you continue to get properties that way?

The plan is to get that under my belt then continue to build aggressively.

Harris is going to continue us down this terrible path if she gets elected and it's not going to be good.