I believe it to be a little Southern California hidden treasure for cashflow, mainly class C but if you know what you are doing its a really good option to invest locally in CA with decent returns.

How many mortgage lenders have you spoken with to get qualified and discuss allowable down payment options?

But it would be nice to have an option to uncheck that box this time around since they're already in place.

Home prices have decreased over the last 18 months so there is lack of good options and values still above normal. 

If you want something more passive or hands off then there are turnkey options as well where you can get cash flow but will be buying more at market value.

Please send me a message and I'll provide a few options. 

After 45 + years as a real estate investor, broker, lender, fund manager and syndicator, I’ve become aware that the “dream” of many investors and investor “hopefuls” is to be able to generate enough cash flow to live off their real estate holdings and accumulate enough wealth to make “work” optional.

I think build to rent is a great option if you can get cheap enough land to make it worth it.

However, some investors don't mind this strategy if they prefer not to put a lot of liquid in up front and plan to refi out within a few years of closing (which seems to be a great option with the talks of the FED reducing interest rates this year).It really comes down to investing in a growing market, in a good neighborhood & building a great team to support you.

When my loan was not going to close, it was one of the options that my broker and lender told me about and actually referred me to for a conversation.