Hi Lonnie, I live in Silicon Valley, and I specialize in real estate.

As an lehigh valley native, I'd suggest sticking with house hacking, especially given your success and comfort with this strategy.

Is there a valley in the roof above that area- looks like no gutters and a valley in the roof causing water to erode?

Hi Sumit, Tracy Hills is experiencing significant growth due to its proximity to major job centers like Silicon Valley and its appeal as a suburban community.

He does commercial investing and notes, mostly.You mentioned flipping houses 4 hours out for under 1.5 - I would look closer and try and find a small flip in the following neighborhoods: Sylmar/Sun Valley - Shadow Hills adjacent, Sun Valley - Burbank adjacent, Van Nuys - Sherman Oaks adjacent, Van Nuys/North Hollywood - Burbank adjacent.

Im on the west valley and prices are still out of this world. 400k for a decent home that rents for $2200.What Ive gathered is that these investors have/are in:Syndicates PartnershipsRefi their appreciating home to purchase another oneEither way, a lot of these people own a small percentage of that home and/or are very over leveraged

I own and operate STRs in the Hudson Valley NY area and have done fix and flips there as well. 

Try Hill Valley Properties / Melissa Kruykendal

Todd, I recommend Stone Realty group property management or Hill Valley property management.

Hi Ling, I'm in New York too but north of you in the Hudson Valley.