When I lived there, gang warfare erupted and 19 people were killed in that tiny little area in the span of a few months.One of the most valuable real estate investing lessons I received came from the father of the girl I was dating back in 1995.  

Not to mention shorten your life span and the amount of time you can put it?

UAB has been in the top 3 for medical research grants for 30 consecutive years never dipping below #3 in that span. 

Awful public schools, potholes unlike anything I've seen even on my travels anywhere in Latin America and $25 in highway tolls in the span of an hour and a half. 

In studies measuring self-reported happiness, you'd expect a wide distribution and scatter-shot graph of the priorities of individuals, spanning a multitude of life trajectories. 

Incompetence and powerlessness for real change in Sacramento, with no real hope for proper urban planning for all Californians beyond vacant luxury apartments, McMansions in the desert and gridlock traffic spanning all the way to Las Vegas. 

This is a massively complex issue, spanning law, epidemiology, economic, healthcare, finance, politics, manufacturing...areas no one person can have mastery, with far reaching second and third order effects that can't be encapsulated in the low fidelity ideas of "Shelter in place= the only option" or "give me back my civil liberties NOW rah rah Ayn Rand" Complex ideas require the ability to be nuanced and understanding that the other side may also have a point of view which you may not agree with because you don't comprehend it well.

So when we decided to invest OUT OF STATE when we were in Irvine, CA we started looking and within a 2 year span had 4 rentals.

Capex for a 1200 sf flooring @ $6 sf = $7200 / 8 year life span /12 months in a year = $75 per month capex for floors.

@Jessica Krueger have enough rentals to cashflow and be financially independent, currently have 2 4plexes that we’re acquired in a 1 year time span.