But I admit there are better deals to be found in other places so depending on what level of difficulty I encounter identifying a deal that meets my criteria I may shift focus to markets in New Mexico or Houston (I have family in both these areas). 

Quote from @Emilie Adamovic: Hey BP I am an investor in Northern New Mexico and have a tax deed auction question.

In SoCal to Mexico you'll be a superstar at 4-6 percent on yellows.

@Brandon Hicks   @Alexander Flores Thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction.

Originally posted by @Carlos Flores:@Nick B. 

UP TO 85% LTC ON BRIDGE & 80% LTV ON RENTALMorgan Financial - local Fl lender Morganfinancial.netOld Capital Lending- Carlos Flores: I am the Principal of Stronger Communities Alliance LLC and Stronger Capital, and also serve as Senior Director of Old Capital Lending - a boutique Commercial Real Estate Debt and Equity firm based in Texas.

Imagine Hawaii in Mexico and how to accomplish that: Gated community with guards 24/7 and the 4 Seasons and St.

@Guy GimenezPeople at BP are positioning themselves as experts at  something whether it's turnkey properties experts or some other field of real estate investing and many are poorly trained in agency regulationsThere are people that hate regulations such as getting licensed so they look at ways to cut cornersThere is this new trend of "co wholesaling" where some people have buyers and some people have properties and they split dealsThere's these courses of people doing virtual Wholesaling and having these dreams of hitting a few keys on the keyboard and going surfing everydayWell,  if you learn your trade and get licensed and have a listing presentation with homesellers and give them options to list it or sell it on terms and you make either a commission or you buy it on terms or cash, as long as you're  licensed in most states you can act as a principal, there's no fiduciary duty when you're acting as a principalI think there's some people on BiggerPockets that think that if they get licensed, their hands are tied and they can't do certain things that wholesalers can doI've heard "ad nauseum" about this "held to a higher standard" stuffThe best advice I ever got was from my attorney in California and he said "if you get license in the state of California, the state allows you to actually write contracts like a real estate attorney on the kitchen table"There are some states like New Mexico and Utah perhaps that are not enforced as much as California in the west but most of the East Coast states especially New Jersey and Virginia and Maryland and Massachusetts and New York, they will come after you like a son of a ***** if you're not licensed and you're doing realtor activitiesGet your friggin license and act as a principal, end of story.

Originally posted by @Pablo Flores:@Jeremy Pelle Surprised no one has mentioned vacation rentals.

I am both an investor and a Broker/Agent in Florida - mostly focus on the panhandle area between Mexico Beach and Destin FL