I'm fascinated with all the changes in the real estate business over the last couple years, and I'm highly attracted to the fact that there seem to be a lot of winners here...truth be told, most Realtors are pretty negative and defeatist in attitude.

It is 1000 times cleaner than my other rental property that is currently rented by an Officer in the Marine corps (single, no family, and house hacking with a buddy against the lease) I walk in there any time I want, unannounced.

@Christian Marin wholesaling off the MLS is not happening in Denver.

I am a former British Royal Marines Commando and Semi-Professional soccer player.

Some of the up-and-coming places they recommend are Fairfax (Marin, CA), Midtown Sacramento, North Oak Park, and Sunnyside.https://clara.com/blog/best-places-to-live-california/ Hope this helps!

Yupp call it wasted time..so what..We're the same age...and Im a Full-Time Investor as well, Served in the Marine Corps, got out, and now Invest full time.

With the war zone properties it is likely you will have higher expenses and more damage from the type of personality and problems that come with those areas.Get a couple properties under your belt, maybe you'll see you have the tolerance/desire/etc. to have a riskier investment with hope of more cash, but at least if you have a couple winners in your portfolio you can float your war zone one and it won't kill your investing dreams if it proves to be a problem.Stay patient, keep looking, stick to your criteria and be flexible.

I also like being able to sell the trailers to tenants and rent the pads to them.Of course we only talk about winners!

I would add washer and dryer and try to land a Marine or Sailor.

He's a millionaire REI, winner of many REI awards and Rich dad hall of fame, he's a really big fish in the community.