Quote from @John Morgan: I’d do individual cash out refis on them to scale up.

Don’t sell to an individual asking.

California prices are really unaffordable at the same time the state has consistently had outmigration of native residents for something like a decade and even negative population growth recently whereas Texas has grown substantially. 

Hello @Tove Fox,You are not investing in a state, you will invest in an individual city.

I desire to connect with individuals who have had experience investing in real estate while serving in the military on active duty.

I've Been renting all four rooms in my house out individually for about 10 months now.

It is unfortunately a very risky thing to invest with individuals.

So, there is no difference in cost to you whether its a small amount of wear and tear or something a bit more substantial.

We have done it both ways where we fund purchase and they cover rehab but if the individual is less experienced we do not do it that way, we have them put more money into the deal from the start and fund the draws, reason why is we also had a deal where the person said they would do this and never did anything and property sat and loan matured and it was a pain.Just recognize you will still not get 100% financing for the purchase, so you are putting money in up front. 

Although I’ve been investing in real estate, both directly and indirectly for 45+ years, I still get a “queasy” feeling when an investment does not perform as expected.My “aha” moment occurs when we reach the point when, despite the investment problems, we’re able to still show a good/substantial profit at the end of our holding period.