There's a bitter sweetness for the CA investor. 

@Chip Chronister,Some folks are just so bitter over their situation they don't think clearly.

I might be old, bitter and jaded but my question is "Why did the mortgage written in 2006 for $400,000 get foreclosed on in 2012"? 

Per room, if there are problems you're not seeing.My ignorance was very badly taken advantage of, first, by low estimates and high price tags, and then the sale price being 30% off (yes, of the total sale price), so unfortunately, my advice comes from bitter experience.

It's not impossible, but you are going to get what you pay for in Massachusetts, where the cost of living rivals California.

if its a friend or family, the truth. if its a potential rival, I tell him just barely scraping by.If its a pretty girl, I usually tell them 100.

It's been bitter sweet. haha we miss the weather back in Bend from time to time. 

If getting a mortgage is important to you, call the issuer and ask if it will report your actual payment amounts to the credit bureaus before you apply.Old advice: Monitor your FICO scores to track your progress.New advice: Keep tabs with free scores and buy the right FICO before you apply for loans.FICO credit scores are used in far more lending decisions than rival VantageScores, but VantageScores have an edge for people new to credit.FICO formulas require at least six months of credit history before a score can be generated, and at least one account must have been updated by the issuer in the previous six months.

I just bought 3 long term investment properties in Lehi Utah in the last 1.5 years, the Silicone Slopes are bringing in jobs and an upward trending economy with high job growth an a housing shortage.If you're looking for steady rents in a great area with large equity gain potential then I'd look close to Lehi.http://www.fig.us/single-post/2016/07/14/As-a-rival-of-Silicon-Valley-Utah-has-become-known-as-Silicon-Slopes

I found a couple divorce and bitter selling a house FSBO.