There's a robust Bigger Pockets crowd from the area. 

Non starter in higher value or robust markets just not going to get anyone to sell you a home at 70% of market minus rehab.. 

1. get deals flowing from wholesalers2. do your own deal research3. find houses that need a lot of TLC4. make sure you have a true comp (more is better) within 1 mile of your subject property that justify a good ARV5. run the rehab numbers w/ someone who really knows contracting6. build in a robust timeperiod to rehab and sale, along with contingencies for time and rehab7. get the best hard money deal you can get8. take into account all of your acquisition fees, escrow, title, HML points, etc...and selling fees (agent comm, taxes, title, etc)9. make sure you can at least make %10 NET of your sell price (so if you sell the home for $500k, your numbers should have you at $50k+ net profit in your pocket when you close and everyone else is paid.Onward!

QBO isn't as robust as the desktop version.

I found a robust 5 star form for income and expenses that you can download, I thought it was really good and just started using it.

As of now, we plan on having a robust written agreement and I'm looking for advice on the proper structure (LP, GP) and how it plays into the mortgage, liabilities, holding title, etc.Thank you in advance for your help!

If you could pick them up at 60-65% ARV (seller carry lenders typically don't have robust notes and deeds of trust, servicing notes, and pay histories) and work with the borrow to refinance at or near a full payoff, you'd make a killing.

And is that a problem.But still, investors in California are better off looking at markets further north like Stockton and Sacramento that have a lot more robust economies.

Robust areas its much much tougher.

At least to me, the goal of the asset protection is NOT to get the most robust protection I can get but to balance out the cost to establish/maintain, the likelihood of losing everything by getting sued and the hassle factor with the size of assets I'm trying to protect.