The ones with really good reviews, and a high amount of reviews usually cost a little more, but do a good job.  

Investing in real estate can be highly rewarding—but it also comes with risks.

Sometimes hard to find this happy medium in rate sheets, though.Another consideration would be taxes - points are typically treated as interest, so if your tax obligations are high this year vs being higher in the future, then this could also impact buying down now vs paying a little more in interest in future years. 

Building on existing land helps eliminate the issue of land scarcity, which is a significant challenge due to California’s high real estate prices.

You will not need to join CAR/NAR and I offer super high fee splits.  

We fully furnished the home through FB marketplace and estate sales- nothing high end by any means, but very retro and mid century. 

Wishing I had bought a duplex or really any piece of property straight out of high school for a jump start but here I stand. 

The rental market demand is still extremely high and there are a lot of value add opportunities, you just have to be willing to put in the work.

Homeowner should have an adequate policy and you can use additional damage protection from services like Safely and Waivo.Yes, security deposits are normal for MTRs and highly recommended. 

@Paul Cijunelis  thank you for this response Paul, well I firstly got interested in CRE when one of my high school teachers told me about how he does it and that kind of started my interest, I really love CRE because I've noticed it's a very lucrative and risky business like high risk high reward, but not just that I really love seeing a bunch of properties being brought back to life with renovations.