Assuming these are for short-term loans, such as for flips, @Keith Groshans, you could do what we do and let the borrower keep the money and pay everything when they sell the property.

All situations are specific to individuals.Our best wishes and empathy go out to those LA individuals and communities.It’s been about 6 years since one of our storage locations was flooded for about 4 months.  2 feet over the roof.  

Drive around the neighborhoods to understand the lay of the land - if you have someone who will take you around and explain, better yet. 

Can I just go crazy and just contact all of them over there and whoever has the property for me wins?

We've not brokered anything through them in a very long time...not to say we wouldn't, but we formed closer capital partner relationships over time.

So, comps can help with figuring out local cap rates, then you need the income from the property to determine a value.

We are wrapping up our move over the next couple of weeks.

Mainly because they advertise saying they have been investing over the last 15 years and been wildly successful.

If you aren't in the state to change the locks, who's monitoring the home?

I have been looking at properties and it seemed like the seller s  based their price on zero percent cash flow for the buyer.