I'm fairly new to note investing (and real estate investing in general) and am not accredited, however I have worked in investments (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc) for 6 years and actively invest in those arenas and am a CPA, so I'm pretty comfortable with financials/investments/risk/etc.

I believe @Michael Plaks is based out of Houston and is very active on the forum with answering/helping with tax questions.For CPAs, I'd recommend prioritizing someone who is an expert in real estate over someone local (and if you find one that's both- great!).

It has been going up 15% for the past couple years. https://www.weknowboise.com/blog/real-estate-market-trends/ That's not to say I want to 'bet' on appreciation, because I do not want to be playing that game.

to be an actual fix and flip investor / business  its quite capital intensive.. and just a down payment is just a drop in the bucket of the capital required.your best bet is to put a little private network together if you really want to do this.or get your license and specialize in finding these types of properties for fix and flippers.. make a commish selling it for them.. and then the list back.. that's what agents in our market here do and they will knock down 250 to 500k a year no sweat in commish with no risks of borrowing money or a flip that did not work.

It seems with any new investments out of state is the best bet.

Bates-Hendricks and Arsenal Heights are real close to FS so it seems a natural bet that one or both areas will change in a similar way--they might-- but my hunch is it will take several years for market appreciation in those areas. 

Also have Windows based Laptop, and Apple IPad 2 for remote MLS Access that I carried when actively showing properties.  

Hi everyone - hope this message finds you well.I am brand new to BP and am actively looking for the first deal.

The RE that sold me the place is begging for me to sale and I am actively looking at investment opportunities in case something lines up.

I have been actively looking on the usual suspects of websites (loopnet, redfin, zilllow) but feel like I still have a lot to learn about particular neighborhoods in the SoCal area.