I'm in Los Angeles as well and I've snowballed up to 20 units in MO and TX (mostly BRRRRs).Since you're local, you should join our monthly investor meetup in Woodland Hills.

Take this 💥just-closed renovated property for example💥:With my query of "22757 Charlemont Pl, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 5/4/2400-3050,0.6,300" we get an ARV Estimate that is ~4% off, and I picked this at random just scrolling through recently closed in my areaAnd the Market Stats $/sf of renovated property in that Zip Code matches up pretty well, so I know the ARV estimate is realistic:You can also run Agent Stats to find/get in touch with the real top-agents in that area so you can triple-verify everything and/or list it with them when you are done.With the above, I am able to quickly vet every new deal that comes my way and spend more time on the good ones.

ZIP  for Woodland View homes 74145, Gilcrease Hills 74127, Hidden Springs 74011...Thank you for your time!

Maintenance does not do pest control. so my house, which is surrounded by ten acres of woodland requires $430 from orkin because they cant be bothered to open a can of raid.  

I live up in The Woodlands area and have several rental properties in the Spring/The Woodlands/Conroe area.

I just moved to the Woodland Hills area and am an experienced real estate investor.

North Linden, South of Main, Vassor Village, Woodland Park, MT Vernon, Milo-Grogan, Franklinton, Merrion Village, Hungarian Village, Southern Orchards, Driving Park, Olde Towne East, Franklin Park, King Lincoln, Old Oaks, Livingston Park are all but not limited to some areas in Columbus, Ohio I think will gentrify quickly and make for great long term buy and holds.

I'm new to the Woodland Hills area in LA.

I grew up in Conroe/The Woodlands not far from Spring - always happy to have a Texas native on the forum :) Like @Sarita Scherpereel said, the meetups in Houston are great to attend, network, and help educate! 

Look at nearby markets like Katy, The Woodlands, Sugar Land etc. where home prices may be lower than central Houston, providing better cash flow potential on rentals.