I've run some properties about 30 min north of Joshua tree through AirDNA and they show the same occupancy rate as J Tree, 29 Palms, etc. but when I spoke to a realtor about it, he reccomended against Johnson Valley because of how far it was.

Of course there are other factors such as age... if it was constructed with clay or cast iron tile then most likely tree roots have destroyed it, vacant or not.

Its just not my cup of tea. 

David Greene suggest building your core-four before you start investing out of state:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea... 

I'm creating an LLC to sell my newly constructed cat tree for my cat tree flipping business so no cats try to sue me...lol 

You will need to get a local, rockstar Realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...I invest locally in Columbus, Ohio

He ended up building a tree house, a Harry Potter house, a hobbit house, etc.

Don't move away from the grill and flip the patty every 90 seconds"lolMy fire in the belly is always burning mate.I can take the hit's and happily turn the other cheek and say "Do this side now".As biz owners we get paid the big $$$ to take the hits, so it comes with the job.Just happy to share some behind the scenes mumbo jumbo that we put up with.I got Dingo Deals falling out of gum trees hahaHappy Saturday Margarita Day (Was 2 days ago but who's counting hehe)

Tip  People love trees, boulders, water, views, walk out basements.

.- Property now rented for $1000 per mth- Current Value Estimates: Redfin - $114K, Trulia - $113K, Zillow: $113K; still doing research on comps because the area is hit and miss so last I saw was a projected $100K***************************************************************************************************************************- Navy Federal Credit Union say they can do 65% of original purchase price in cash out refinance - $34K- Hard-money lender offered $30K at 9.9% for 6 months as rehab loan, which I'd use to replace roof, windows, doors, and cutdown at few trees;  then cashout refi for 50% of the appraised value between 6 and 9 % depending on personal credit.