The neighbors have brought me multiple leads within the same neighborhood because they know my goals and have faith in my ability to turn houses around.3.

Having said that, I agree with most of the other replies in that L.A. has an extremely high cost of living, California is not a business friendly or a landlord friendly state, and the real estate investing competition is extremely high as well (for both small time and big time players) .

Who are the big players in the neighborhood REI-wise?

Once comfortable I would like to expand to multiple quadplexes.

@Jon AndersonI'm not saying the people who PM'ed you are not offering you good deals (I have no idea) but I would say, get close to principal players.

I've read multiple forum postings about the advantages and disadvantages of having an agent sell your home and the advantages vs disadvantages of flat fee listing services.

Like anything else, you should interview multiple attorneys to get an idea of their fees, what areas they specialize in, if they seem to have experience with contract assignments, etc and just who you get the best feeling from.We were interviewing attorneys and found one we really liked but he didn't seem to understand how subject-to deals work along with other common wholesaling strategies.

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Very tough to do if the buyer is getting financing especially FHA,VA or USDA and even most Conventional lenders as the buyers lender is going to view it as a flip and either want seasoning, multiple appraisals or both.