Although I know I am stretching, but I was hoping that some local investor would be willing to go with me to see the properties and be able to sit down and talk about them.Is there a facebook group for those local REI?

I have been wanting to move there for a number of years, and feel like I can really stretch my dollars there much more than California.I will say I am very aggressive person and do things fairly full on.  

What happens if/when your friend's generosity is stretched to the limit?

Flexibility - if you have a tight month or stretch on months, you are not locked into paying the higher rateInterest is cheap now.  

I have a full time career as a pilot so time is an issue since I'm out of town for long stretches of time.

So now I’m looking for how to add another property without stretching myself to thin personally.......any advice?

I live in Southern California where that might stretch to 1 or 2 properties.

They are known to turn down cash-for-keys offers of $30,000 because they know they can stretch it out well past 30K worth.  

Stretch!

I'm still ready to buy if the right deal comes along, but I'm not going to stretch my neck out for anything right now.