@Elizabeth Conklin,Investing remotely can be a hurdle for many investors, but once overcome it can really liberate your time freedom. 

You have hit the JACKPOT of resources for real estate investors.

The Bay Area is extremely liberal and tenant friendly so tread lightly and do a little research on the eviction laws 

Anybody here who has the capital to invest here does; everybody who doesn't have the capital to get into this market writes it off and blames the cap rates or rent control or liberal state legislature, etc.Current yield matters in your typical Midwest market because there's no rent control and barriers to new construction are few.

You have hit the JACKPOT of resources for real estate investors.

You have hit the JACKPOT of resources for real estate investors.

My question is should I keep calling more lenders to see if I can find a more liberal criteria or should I just take out an unsecured loan to get the funds off of my credit card?

We've been searching online for any information we could gather regarding property investments and when we stumbled upon BP, we knew we hit the jackpot!

Most of the current crop of "gamblers" in California HAVE been hitting some jackpots, but is it sustainable? 

For a business owner with $100,000 taxable annual income, the net tax savings for using an S Corporation instead of an LLC in taxes paid every year can be as high as $7,500.Holding PropertiesWhen holding properties as a cash flow investor, the LLC (or LP) is generally the better choice because an LLC has more liberal distribution rules.