Would have to be a single blue collar male?

If you live out of state, to start out investing in the Bay Area responsibly is almost impossible unless, A- you have tight local investor friends or relatives that will walk you through and babysit your investment or B- you are already wealthy and want to park some cash in blue chip real estate.  

Every street around USC is different --  students living next to blue collar or even gang areas when you get further from the campus.

Each unit rents for $800/month so the suggestions need to be cost-effective for a blue collar neighborhood.

I don't do it with my college rentals because they're already spoiled and feel entitled.My low-income tenants tend to be 'management intensive' so that rules them out.However, for the first time I did send a card with a $20 local restaurant certificate to one of my blue-collar tenants because so far they've been good tenants and good neighbors.But I'm sure I'll be punished for that somehow. . . .

I am a KC investor mainly sticking to long term buy and holds in the Lees Summit and Blue Springs areas.

Add all that together with my 401k and my other investments I think we should do alright for a Blue Collar worker from western Wisconsin.Questions, comments, or concerns? 

@Will Gaston I recommend Andrews with Blue Sky Tree Care.  

Yes America, liberal America hates small business and is out to crush and stomp it out in the dark blue state of Cali.Come to Virginia y'all, you can evict in 30 days flat, some counties you can time it just right and be in court before the end of the current month.

I guess these would be your "blue chip" tenants!