:-)(Well, of course that's using a partner in the area) But, you could fly in, do a flip and fly out and be more profitable with less stresssss and not have those wild Cali taxes to deal with.Think about That for a minute.The Housing Bubble in the Bay Area and L.A. can't last forever my friends.

Been a wild ride this year but I have never had a business kick off profits so fast as this business.

No wild swings in appreciation and it holds steady at a conservative 1.76% yearly.As for rental rates, really depends on the areas you want to be in.1. 

The answers for that are going to vary wildly. 

My five strategies are: Flip, Hold, Lease Option, Wholesale, Wild Card.Joe VilleneuveREcapSystemA2REIC

It's not the wild west.I suggest you get with a local mortgage broker, RLMO and see what they do.

You're going to get some wildly inconsistent answers on this board.

Wild.

Thanks folks, it seems like around here all of the properties offered at discounts have at least one negative attribute that none of the nearby comps have, I have been investing in a transitional area with a mix of owner occupied SFR with pockets of MFR, prices can wildly very from one street to the next in the same neighborhood that is comprised of homes built in the 50s and 60s.

My question is this, I've check a variety of different sites to get comps and arv for a property, but I'm getting wild different amounts, some with a difference of 30k, is there any reliable data besides using mls and if not what am I looking for in mls?