So two for 60k that would rent for 1k each vs one 120k that rents for $1200.Being that you are in Ontario I would put both lower and high desert locations on the table as well as Vegas.

I've looked into many properties offered to me in desert California, city of Detroit, upstate New York, urban Ohio and other places where I can't make them work if you give them to me.

Especially, if you don't know how to really analyze a building and overestimate what you expect to collect in rent and underestimate what you'll end up paying in legal fees and repairs.A friend bought, I believe a 6 unit in the high desert at what was thought to be a great price.

Then building a relationship with your seller and truly helping your client.If you need help with anything just shoot me an email, I am located in the high desert "Gold in these here hills or desert" Los Angeles County CA.P.S. this may be the wrong section for this, I have a deal that might work for you in Hesperia, CA. @ with $85,000 in equity.

Desert cities like the Antelope Valley will also offer cash flow, however, with all the negatives to holding here (non landlord friendly laws, limited cash flow, heavy competition) it could be wise to look out of state, of course there are negatives to that as well, some of which can be overcome.

I only get a few color options ( I always do same one, Desert Dune) but I end up paying $1.50 sq ft for the carpet installed.

There's a fantastic book called Cadillac Desert which explores the history of water in the West.

My “math” only took into account PITI, condo fees, and management fees at $850, $232, and $123 respectively.I did not realize that you also needed to account for vacancies, maintenance, and CAPEX on top of that to get a true indication of cash flow.Adding these to the mix, my actual cash flow was -$585/month.Yikes.Upon my move, I figured I could save some money by paying off the second mortgage which had a remaining balance of about $11k.This dropped my actual loss down to ~500/month on a $23k investment.My property, originally worth 115k, for which I paid full price, was now worth ~$90k.Mind you, my stock portfolio had also dropped significantly.For my next military assignment, the Air Force moved me to Edwards AFB, CA in 2009 which is in the Mojave Desert about 1.5 hrs.

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