California offers equity building, potential appreciation, and stability, but high entry costs and market volatility are downsides.

If you're in the Oklahoma city/Edmond/Logan county area I would love to connect!

If it's multifamily, is there space to build another unit? 

If you don't have those two on your team, I'd start meeting with some locals that come highly reccomended and build those relationships.

In that regards I would rather prefer to build a mutual beneficial connection rather than one that only benefits one side, even as a newbie there's something that can be offered that is of value.And I would rather that you're blunt rather than sugar coat things, in several discussions I found instances where wholesalers took advantage of sellers through P&SA contracts, inspection clauses and closing dates and were unable to fulfill there obligations to the sellers and preventing the seller from getting other buyers during the validity of the contract, I means it's quite unfair.But there where other instances where wholesalers had built credibility by the manner in which the death, I mean that is what builds a good relationship and make room for future referrals.I would still like to know your thoughts on Wholesaling and wholesalers, please do not sugar coat, let it out just as you see it. it.

Things have been slow trying to build my real estate portfolio through single family and small multi fam.

Sure, there are going to be people who fail but if you truly try and make your best effort and do your own due diligence by evaluating these properties, inspection, ARV, etc. and really learning the strategy of both BRRR and turnkey fix and flip, it will work.You need to build a strong and trustworthy team on the ground.People nowadays quit the second something gets hard.

Or, consider leaving Cook county.

Just last year I expanded my property portfolio by purchasing a four-plex in Los Angeles County (Inglewood area) and a Single-Family Residence in Riverside County. 

Wealth Building vs Cash FlowMy proposition is that too many real estate investors, much too often, emphasize cash flow over increasing net worth.