I live in Orange County, California, and I've been working in and around real estate investing for about ten years.

Read the paperwork carefully; if an orange jumpsuit isn't your color, you might want to obey the law.  

You can research out the ying yang but still in the end, it could burn you.

Greetings BP community,My name is Gabe and i'm a newbie to the BiggerPockets forum and this happens to be my first post. I am getting started in my real estate investing career and would like to get more information i...

I moved to Orange, California in 2014 and currently work for a mid-sized accounting firm.

Without seeing a full underwriting of your deal it's hard to tell.Also, everyone gets caught up in the A/B/C grading of neighborhoods and it's pretty much apples to oranges all the time.

@Yu ChenAlso, consider comparing notes with @Wei Jie Yang about your experiences.

I would favor New Jersey over New York, properties are less expensive, close proximity to Manhattan, cash flows, you might qualify for 15K grant that can be applied towards downpayment & closing (assuming you are a first time home buyer), AND NJ is LANDLORD friendly vs New York (NY is Tenant friendly state); We focus on Newark/Irvington/East Orange (Newark is favorite, lots of things are happening there), we assist buyers with purchasing 3-4 family - our niche. 

I'm sure there are some in Orange County, as well.Thanks.P.S.  

Hi,Looking for a contractor to do some work on eve repair and complete gutter replacement.  Also have another job in the same town that would potentially be complete eve and gutter replacement (smaller home).  Any rec...