This risk here far outweighs any small gains in ranking. 

Headquartering business in CA has tarnished, and too is being assaulted like never before, and gaining traction.

By the time they research and go down all the rabbit holes of different strategies, never sticking to one in order to gain traction, they get exhausted, throw their hands up and never take any real substantive action.Pick something and go with it, all the way to its conclusion.  

In theory real estate investment sounds like the best way to gain financial freedom but also many people aren't willing to put in the work.

Then you get to pay capital gains as well.

I don't know what I have to gain about doing otherwise.If ANYONE would like to chat further, please DM and I'll send you my cell phone number so we can chat directly.

I’m in CA also and paid cap gains on huge profits to the tune of 28%, which included CA state cap gains.

Specifically, I’d like to understand:How to evaluate motel operations and what metrics are most critical.Best practices for managing or outsourcing day-to-day operations.Thanks in advance for your insights—I’m looking forward to learning from the amazing investors here and gaining a better understanding of this space!

I predict that the guys who are fully leveraged and cash flowing $100 per month will be motivated sellers when the next big correction happens.actually its either them or they walk and its their lenders selling that is what happened in that time period.. and was pronounced in certain markets.for me personally  I don't want to risk  my credit and finances and borrow 75k to make 1200 a year... or even 2400 a year if its a market that has a history of no appreciation and I don't feel there is going to be any significant appreciation.. 2 to 3% a year does not cut it.but I will take 500 a month negative or 10k a month negative if I think there are huge gains at the other end.. 

My personal experience after 40 + years in the real estate industry is that “wholesaling” is a very INEFFICIENT AND INEFFECTIVE way to gain knowledge and experience relative to real estate.