moved from Costa Mesa right on the border of HB :) . 

The least aggressive growth has been in Contra Costa County (I'm currently in Concord) but that would be a nightmare commute in peak times. 

However if you make it to his big event which does cost a fair amount of money .. the content is quite detailed and you will learn how to or what to do to find rehab and resell.. and a lot of detail about rehabbing from all major components costs etc.. one of the big rooms is a deconstructed house and he has experts in from each trade.. 

@John Leavelle, @Mark Costa, @Hunter LattaThanks for providing your input.

That $150 rent raise can cost a few thousand in lost revenue.

Or maybe the roof cost was twice that and they agreed to split the cost as a price reduction. 

RUBS is certainly the lowest cost as there is nothing installed, just labor to divide the bill.

My concern though is if I try and do the 5% down route to be able to afford it, then I'm still looking at a $4,800 total monthly cost. As

whatever you stance on that, it has created a situation where we (americans) look down on factory built homes.Without the artificial input I believe we would have giant , efficient, factories in every city pumping out modular homes, that are green, affordable and accepted as "normal" and probably cost as much as a nice new truck.If you have ever built a new home, the insanity of "site built" becomes apparent as the waste of materials and man hours can be staggering.

So while the taxes may be a small amount it could cost a lot more money to foreclose on the lien than to foreclose on the mortgage.