If you want to 1031 exchange to a property outside of CA, then you'll want to be careful about how the California Franchise Tax Board makes 1031s more difficult (no surprises there) when leaving their jurisdiction. 

You are literally buying someone else's legal headache from which it may be difficult to see the bottom. 

@Jessica Carcamo doing fix & flips remotely is VERY difficult to do!

Flipping in the city can be a little more difficult, but still successful.

As I said her cadence makes it a little difficult to follow but I get it.  

The other difficult part is the time you have to invest in order to have a thriving portfolio.

@J Scott Yes I understood what the spreadsheet was conveying and that there was some materials provided in the labor section since it's difficult to know what the contractor spent on materials since most people pay after the job is done anyway.  

These help me weather a storm with low STR occupancy numbers like many are facing across the country.Higher insurance rates, STR permit fees, labor costs for repairs and cleaning, regime fees (for condos) make running a profitable STR even more difficult.  

The seller is very difficult to deal with and he is refusing to help me in a way way possible, he wants to sell me a house for $370,000, however the recently sold homes right beside it have been sold for around $330,000.

you may find it difficult to find a better value alternative.