Hi Anthony-You asked about the best ways to find off-market deals for your in-laws to buy and move into and you are focussed on the Santa Barbara, CA area which I have been to and it is gorgeous.It kind of reminds me of an Ann Arbor on the ocean. :)Anyway, I like your strategy of driving and looking for houses in need of repair and sending handwritten letters and contacting rentals for the reasons you gave.

His use case was a couple of unleveraged properties in southern CA one being in San Diego and the other in Riverside county.  

After doing quite well in the CT market space, I’m finally starting to adjust to the Ca market.I think it’s key to be in the know about off market deals, for both your primary and investment. 

Not so much ;)So now investors are feeling the weight of dog properties…be it higher interest rates, non paying tenants, property values falling, government intervention (especially in CA), etc.

Andre,First off congrats on making the move out of CA and into a more accomodatinng state like CO in terms of Taxes, Home prices, and future to build a sucessful REI portfolio. 

My listing is at Fremont, CA. 

Secondly when I was more involved with CA RE in the LA basin. 

Can we all agree a dollar made in Austin TX or Bryan TX or Dallas TX or San Francisco CA, or Nashville TN or any where spends the same wherever you choose to spend that dollar.  

States like CA, NY, CT, NJ, MD are notorious for high sale price homes, higher taxes and hard to cash flow.

But, in the long run you may be better off, as the house I purchased through them in Palm Bay has been a lemon, requiring one fix after another.