We would like to start with wholesaling and rehabbing in the Los Angeles and Sacramento California market.

After paying the cost seg guy, the CPAs and the tax attorney I can tell you (I'm in CA, your mileage will vary on that and everything else), on a 4.4MM purchase I would have taken a 594k total depreciation loss in 2017 due to the new bonus rules.Matt

If there is an HOA it has to be registered with the state (in my experience which is only TX, CA, CO) and the by-laws should be recorded at the county recorder's office, again in my limited experience this is always the case. 

Hi all. I'm Micah Erwin, an 18 year old about to graduate Highschoo in Stockton. I have recently begun researching real estate investing, and would like to get into it as a possible career. I only have a few hundred d...

Hello all,I am currently in San Diego, CA and started reading and learning about real estate investing over the last few years.

I want to compare the architecture/quality/style of renovations and builds here in CA vs NJ.

My wife's dearest friend's house, six doors up the street, flooded for the third time in 6 years during Harvey and they sold it to a CA investor for about $60K.

We live in CA, so cash positive opportunities are generally far from home.  

Also I had her admit she took the smoke detector down and removed the carbon monoxide unit also so have that as defense.In CA we can't charge for a replacing a carpet unless its new, anything less than 8 years, you can only charge for years left and its older than that but was in a good state before she moved in.  

Have you thought about investing out of state for a much better cash on cash return than investing in CA?