If you are interested in becoming a landlord or buy and hold investor a great way to get started is by house hacking a multifamily with an owner occupied loan. 

I'm up at Lake Tahoe in the basin and there are many CA investors that have been investing in Reno, NV because of the low taxes, landlord friendly, and only 30 minutes from Truckee.

Congrats and welcome to the world of being a landlord!

Portland is one of the WORST places to be a landlord should you have to leave early and you want to rent out your home there.  

I also forgot to mention that the landlords don't pay for repairs or upkeep on these properties.

Start by researching affordable states with strong rental markets and landlord-friendly laws.

Additionally, the price point is still cheap enough to find the 1% rule and positive cash flow and it's super landlord friendly (so you will never have to go through a 12 month eviction or anything close to that!).

Watch the old classic "Pacific Heights" and you will never want to be a LTR landlord, at least in California lol. 

For example, I told a landlord I could sell his property for $450,000.

Hire an attorney and proceed with the eviction.In the future, I recommend you don't accept "landlord references" from friends or family members.