On a residential 1-4 sure you could qualify for many scenarios with limited to no experience in Mo-Val homes are relatively inexpensive compared to orange county or LA county.min qualifications are620 fico6 months reserves + closing/down payment1-4 unityou could use FHA financing as well if you're okay with living in one unit and renting the others out as well if it makes sense to do so financiallyAnother benefit with 1-4 is you can use 75% of gross rents to offset your mortgage if you're buying as a non owner occupied property so this requires you to have less income.I have some other more indepth articles on my BP blog about financing real estate and what to look out for as well.Good Luck

I am a first time investor debating and having a hard time to decide if it would be better to buy Condo in Orange County vs Single family home in Inland empire.

Experienced contractors wanted for Real Estate Investment company that is growing into the following area: Orange County, California.

Apples and oranges -- HCAD valuation shouldn't enter the picture as a value basis when negotiating a real estate transaction 

There are still some good pockets upstate in NY or even as far south as Rockland and Orange Cty, NY. 

I live in Orange County the price of real estate is sky rocket high which leaves me no choice but looking for the remote areas/cities.

I thought near Disney would be an issue because of Orange County prohibiting short term rentals?

I live in Orange County Southern California, so this is an outside investmentThank you guys

I have a terrific agent but she specializes in East Orange and Newark.  

FYI my current situation is:ME - FICO 665 middle score / $45k/yr income /  $200/mo DEBTWIFE - FICO 650 score /  $0 income / -$625/mo DEBTBROTHER - NO FICO - currently building / $30K income / $0 DEBTavailable max Down Payment $7,000PRO's Willing to purchase duplex / tri / fourplex in : riverside / rialto / pomona / ontario / san bernadino (no orange/red Crime map)price range : $180k - $450KREQUESTS: need atleast one unit to be 3 br *looking for value add*  as well,      After hearing the hundreds of first step methods, im finding it a bit hard to narrow down my search criteria. 2nd question is: After stating our current situation, what other strategies loan programs or methods to begin our first MFH buy and hold purchase would our financial situation warrant the most profit and least risk in this interest rising CA desert property market?