Or just keep renting and saving in San Diego where we're familiar with the area and the market (which could take awhile, while we are probably 3ish years away from investing in a Midwest market).

Originally posted by @Melvin Franklin:@ Charles Lemaire, I plan to attend Brad's event in March and currently saving up to be a passive Investor.  

I know I won’t actually be getting that right away because it should be going to savings for emergency funds for the property.

Get on a budget, build your emergency fund, pay off all debts, save up.

There were a few hiccups which were resolved quickly and communication has been good overall. 

They saved up money.

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

I guess it can save you some time managing, for example one tax bill, one insurance bill. 

In my analysis the cost for an ADU in kern county would run about $85K and I have saved about 75% of that right now.  

Suggest you pester them with questions to learn the eviction process, so you can save money in the future.