Looking for local Los Angeles/Orange County General Contractors that are also investors.Please pm me.

Dmitriy and Judy: Thanks for the good words.Warren

If your gut says that your BS meter is pegged or at least flagging in the yellow-orange, wait.

Hi @Jonathan Ortiz, I am an investor friendly agent with experience in buy & hold investments in the Jacksonville/Orange Park area.

I completely agree with @Mike Dymski this is apples and oranges, not haves and have-nots. 

Sure.Here's how I would put it together if we're claiming primary residence..... get a very well drawn out letter of explanation probably involving her office or location of work being near the subject property and have the employer document the request to be closer to work so the story flows and is plausible in the mind of an UW.Now if you're going to put down 10% anyway you could just structure it as a second home purchase as second homes can be purchased with as low as 10% down up to a max of 417k loan amount in most parts of the country and especially so in Los angeles, Orange county, San Bernardino, and Riverside, and Ventura counties surrounding you.

I'm in Orange County NY.

For Orange County it is http://www.ocpafl.org/Searches/ParcelSearch.aspx

I work for a boutique shop in the antique district on orange ave.

ALL RE is cyclic and Calif is typically an 8-9 cycle, especially in the most desirable areas like SF Bay area, Orange County.  2008 was a major down turn due to the mortgage industry collapse, not true property values.