It's been a challenge finding a great brokerage thus far. 

I wanted to also challenge myself so I also ended up installing a niche on the back wall so the tenants could place their shampoo bottles inside.

I would add that the strategy of bidding lower than total debt has been successfully challenged in many districts if the servicer goes after the borrower for a deficiency later.

Fair warning though, the tenant base can be tough and the price point comes with its challenges. 

There are opportunities here in CA but patience is critical.If you have challenges with the location you are talking about, and choose to throw in the towel, what is your exit strategy?

She suddenly remembered wires that she had forgotten for her TV (she had 2x 5" holes cut out of the feature wall to hide her cables, without asking) so it was easier to have her reputable painter guy pop in and cover up the holes and remove her last items without me having to see her again.My fault for not just getting it done myself I suppose but she is the sort of tenant that uses Court Action in seemingly every sentence and was seen taking pictures of everything when she left and even took a picture of her notice taped to my front door so I was trying to minimize any court action by at least keeping her in the loop of all the damage so I could get her replies by text to use if she decided to challenge my return deposit amount.She did admit to the burns in the carpet (stupidly putting hot coals from the fire in a plastic home depot bucket) and argued that it wasn't cat urine but vomit as her cat had cancer (but obviously didn't think to clean them or have them professionally cleaned).  

Congrats on your engagement!

I recently started engaging with a company called Equity and Help, they purchased Equistream.

But that’s exactly how it would be if you would have done it all on your own.The challenge is buying the distressed property at a reasonable price.

Wholesaling is definitely possible in the Bay Area although from what I can tell it is more challenging than in other markets.