Anybody out there has a recommendation for a structural engineer out here in the high desert area of southern Ca?

When I left there in 2005, the City was reducing the number of lawns, cutting back on vegetation that required watering, and I believe they even drained Desert Shores for a while.

So know the exact area you are buying in and know the tenant base, or you will be in for some potential headaches.The other, less opinionated and more factual comments I have would be- a) check to make sure the numbers even work for you to cash flow if you buy a property there (they likely won't, and the high desert isn't the place to hope for appreciation) and b) be familiar with CA tenant laws as they are very tenant-friendly, which could put you in an expensive pickle with bad tenants.I'm not an advocate of buying in CA at all, but if you do, I would look more towards IE or Riverside for lower priced properties than I would up in Palmdale/Lancaster.

Some of my small desert town markets here in CA have companies selling over-priced turn-key rentals, many to Scandinavians.

You could try the high desert areas like Victorville or Hesperia.

As for the SoCal buy and hold question, I was expecting Inland Empire, High Desert, or places like that.

Looking for contacts in the Palm Desert area.Wanting to purchase SFH for buy and hold cash flow.

Cash flow is not easy here in So Cal, so if that is the plan, you will have to go to the desert cities or out of state.

A bottle of water would command a higher price in a desert than a supermarket...Disclosures often time mean nothing and are merely one part physiological warfare on a borrower/buyer and the other a paperwork version of crossing your fingers.

I am willing, motivated, excited an desert o entertainment his reale state investing world.