Houses in this area generally sold for 15% over asking and have a great outlook for appreciation. 

@Evan Swanson Pick any subject in the world and it's the view point you have on the subject that will decide your outlook or outcome.

I know several commercial brokers who use gmail or outlook for their commercial origination and are totally legit.  

My concern is if these get implemented again and also economic or national outlook with everything that is going on.

Find an investor-friendly realtor who can explain the pros and cons of the properties and get out looking.

The following are a few that comes to mind:(1) Holding cost/s to fix these properties far outweigh the profit the company was going to make after rehab.(2) The turnaround time to fix these properties is untenable due to the shortage of labor costs.(3) The inflated acquisition price, coupled with an extensive long lead time of raw material have exasperated the new supply of new housing inventory.(4) Institutional investors are selling/bailing because of the sentiment of https://tinyurl.com/Shoeshineboyindicator.(5) And last but not least, the AI algorithm has taken into account the above parameters and predicted a bearish outlook for the subject housing market segment.With all of the above in play, what?

I appreciate you guys taking the time to respond, and help me out. Looking

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Sometimes when one gets kicked in the teeth (so to speak) by tenants in various ways they begin to change their own outlook and treat the rental business as a .....business. 

There is more than one way to skin a cat.If you have a long term outlook (which you should at your age), it is pretty tough to beat appreciation numbers in Los Angeles.