I just bought a fixer in a very desirable neighborhood.

Maybe he needed it for climbing the ranks of his sales team, I don't know.Find it hard to believe people randomly spend their time entering in information that doesn't have an affect on them. 

The best thing for me was farming a neighborhood and finding motivated sellers in them.

As a wholesaler, are you driving neighborhoods, and knocking on 'ugly houses' to see if they're interested?

The area is in a neighborhood that is changing for the better very quickly.

Rents in the neighborhood go for $1500-$1700 depending on how the upgraded the unit is.

If you were thinking about buying a vacation rental in a more coastal neighborhood like Mission Beach or La Jolla (where the cost essentially necessitates the escalated income of an STR), I would likely advise you to wait to see where things go legislatively.However, the neighborhood you mentioned are not necessarily in that same category.

Nonetheless, even with their long experience, they often barely make a profit, which they say they don't mind - because their goal is to gentrify the whole neighborhood, one property at a time.

Dustin Verley thanks man, yeah I went down and visited a week or so ago and I could tell that neighborhood changes very quickly depending on which you go from the school.

Most are speculating the neighborhood will be close to a new high tech. another Amazon headquarter, Googl giant tech center etc.