As for commuting, it is crazy how people in SoCal will move further and further into the desert to find affordable housing, but keep their job in OC or LA.

just beating all the Columbus brokers to the punch :)   personally I like Las Vegas for west coast investors..  1. some of the lowest property tax rates in the country  2. desert scape  super easy for tenants to keep up with .3. newer stock  not 50 to 100 year old stuff that is cap ex heavy. 

@Alfredo Aguirre I would look into a desert style landscape.

I'm an investor in the High Desert.

Jake Kucheck I think those of us that live at the CA coast (I live in Santa Barbara) and have ventured to the other side of the ridge or into the desert know full well that CA is vast and varied.

Jon and the rest who replyed with an interest.Would be interested in getting together or attending any networks, clubs or setting something up with you guys.I am in the high desert of Los Angeles.Still some good deals out here.E.

He owned one beat up rental house out in the desert.

I know Southern California investors want to stay close to home, but the desert area is only 2-3 hours away.

Oh my...HAHAHAMoses is shaking his head right about now, sayin - I lead these schmucks out of the freakin desert and this is how they behave...trading pigs...it ain't kosher...should have left them in the freakin desert!

Flag is good because it gets you up into that whole area with the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, 4 corners, Monument Valley, Petrified Forest Nat Park, Rte 66, Lakes Mead and Powell, Sycamore Canyon, etc, etc.....Go 40 miles south and you have all of the neat towns like Jerome, Prescott, Cottonwood, Sedona, etc....Yavapai County is more user friendly while Cococino County is less, but AZ has a law in place to limit restrictions against STRs, so you're probably ok anywhere.Sounds like a road trip is in order.