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People don’t want to share their quiet neighborhoods with renters who don’t value peace and quiet and a sense of community.  

Hi There @Kyle Kulhanek - Welcome to the BiggerPockets Community my friend!

Tahoe isn't ideal right now as the local community is vehemently anti-Airbnb and the permitting system is challenging to navigate.

I like the strategy of having a job with guaranteed income and taking advantage of owner occupied financing to purchase a house hack, staying connected with the REI community in the area, and scaling up from there.

BiggerPockets has forums dedicated to both states - explore and see which resonates more!

I’d suggest starting with local credit unions or community banks—they’re often more flexible with investment properties.

If the client is in CA the community property state laws may help here (not entirely sure) depending on when the property was acquired but it would be a great question for an attorney as Jason mentioned.If they were married and went through a divorce it would be worth looking into how the divorce paperwork stated how that property would be handled.

Yes, I still did my own due diligence but PPR saved me hours of additional research.Perhaps the biggest reason I ended up working with PPR is because of the BiggerPockets community validation.

This community and forum have been an absolute treasure trove of information and Id love to actively contribute along the way.cheers!