I recommend using the Waste King disposals - they have a lifetime corrosion warranty as opposed to the InSinkerator units (which are junk IMHO).

Here in southern California there are REIT's that have hundreds of millions of dollars and are buying homes, here and in other states.

Last time I checked, none of the MH investors out there came from CEO positions of Fortune 500 companies with tons of cash in hand...we all worked our tails off to get where we needed to get - and CASH is KING!

Also, mentors...Does anyone have any mentors or REI groups that are located around Rancho Cucamonga, CA (45 minutes east of LA)?

If $$ allowed us, we would own everything that made sense, but that is a little aggressive right now.We are also interested in flipping houses, but in California it's harder and harder every day to make that happen in our market.Any advice - we are OPEN to it.

(Southern California) Graduated from UCLA in 2003, I have fairly extensive entrepreneurship experience.

They are based in California, but they are internet-based.

[Summary]He is a licensed California broker and has been comingling client funds between his personal, checking, and business account.

(Marin County, CA)We have looked a Structured Sale but it does not have all the advantages of the 1031.I have cash to close.She/seller cannot find the “right” property.She is the manager of the LLC that holds title with her parents.They have not set foot on the property in almost 3 years.I live in one of the units and have managed and maintained the property for the past 6 years.Her parents are not able to manage their affairs and she handles their $$$.We have a number of serious deferred maintenance issues that she does not want to address.I would much rather buy her out than go to arbitration to force her to participate in the work for the deferred maintenance and the renovations I want to do.

It would be difficult to be an absentee landlord since the time is 12 hours ahead of CA!