@Ron BarSac is a great market in California, as long as you can stomach and understand the tenant/landlord laws, property taxes, and rent control in certain areas, etc. 

If so, make sure you research the due-on-sale clause and the repercussions if you violate by QCD to LLC.BTW: as long as your LLC is a single-member:1) There should be no tax consequences of the QCD.2) Any income will flow through to your personal tax return via Schedule E.Confirm with a tax professional!

You can typically borrow half of your 401k balance as a loan as long as you are working for that company still. 

If they are below market rent, that is OK as long as there is room for improvement and tenants won't be an issue.

We also sell some of the duplex as 1/2...so sometimes it is listed as duplex, the pictures make it look like duplex, but really it is 1/2.Another strategy might be to buy 1 with 5% down, live in it a year, then move to the next one as a primary and use 5% down and repeat as long as you can...and of course if the numbers work. 

I think I am open on exact location as long as the deal makes sense, but I also was to understand all my limitations/STR friendliness of different areas.  

As long as we hold long-term and have an exit strategy to mitigate recapture. 

If one of your prospective tenants has an EV, you can offer to split costs to install it as long as it stays after they leave. - could be a creative solution

Also, to wholesale an apartment building is not the same in that it necessarily has to be 70% of market value, as long as it’s at or below the market cap rate and the numbers make sense.You can wholesale anything. 

As long as we procreate there will be more people.