I live inland north county so my investments are north of I8 (many are in Escondido) but I do not necessarily expect them to outperform the area.  

@Sahil Rajput if you want to invest in CA, the only area I know that you can potentially cash flow would be parts of Inland Empire in Southern California and those would be D class areas.

Have you ever looked in the Inland Empire area?

The better the business aligns with Empire and is run efficiently the higher the rate can be offered.

Have you ever thought about looking in the Inland Empire, since it's a bit cheaper?

I know property taxes and insurance in Florida differ vastly between coastal and inland cities. 

( I'm also getting advised to put them in land trusts on top of the LLC's now $$$ to avoid issues with my loan companies & having them in LLC 'sI feel EVERYWHERE you turn you hear never have rentals in your own name  put them in an LLC In retrospect , I am wondering why I would not have been petter off to keep them ALL in my personal name with 1 giant 5 million dollar umbrella policy for liability  ........

GeoVera Insurance Services in St Pete FL will insure properties held in land trusts.

You can:Go to other markets, or;Find motivated sellers or;Adjust your financial criteria to reflect market forces (either directly or through using some value-add approach after purchase), or;Hold off expansion of your empire until the Gods (market forces) see things your way, or;Pack it in and play the stock market.BTW, drop the "two months" self-imposed deadline: You will wind up doing a deal for the sake of doing a deal, trying to convince yourself it is "good'" not because it actually is "good."

Studies show salt air affects buildings up to 50 miles inland.