I've talked to lots of California and a few NYC investors that have lost money (including myself) who bought inexpensive properties in the Midwest mostly and a few in the South (Class C is volatile). - some strategies I've seen California investors use to lessen negative cash flow: house hacking, mid-term rentals (people temporarily displaced from home renovation or insurance reasons like fire), rent by the room, Short Term Rentals. - The ultimate house hack, live in the small ADU unit and rent out the two levels of the main house on AirBnb in San Francisco (I would have thought STRs are oversaturated in S.F. but it worked for them and they stay fully booked).

I agree with you@Jay Hinrichs that short term view is a quick way to sink a boat.

With the CRM I am still getting use to mine, I'm thinking about taking classes to get more familiarized with it!

Those four classes are where the majority of investors will buy rentals. 

But if you're willing to take a tiny leap of faith, I think the returns are solid, the diligence and the integrity are there, and the states/markets/submarkets and the asset class are thumbs-up.

If you've been a victim, go over to lendbasetookmymoney.com and submit the form so that the attorney can determine if this is considered a class action lawsuit. 

I have seen some properties on MLS that I contact my realtor and they may know right away the reason it isn't selling from showing it previously, or they can review the realtor comments that aren't viewable by the public on MLS.Other potential reasons I have seen properties listed on MLS for a long time. 1) Some investors may not be comfortable inheriting existing tenants.2) It may be it is a class C neighborhood. 3) Structural issues.

I'm burning the boats on this one and making it an obsession.

PM: Ask them how many properties they manage in your asset class.

Stuff happens, who knows what hidden BS can be found on a purchased property ESPECIALLY a D-class "garage price" home.