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I would love to make a move before the end of the year and so I keep trying to decide which of the following is best for me:1) Buy 1 more expensive CA property near here, and thus a better tenant (less likely to cause issues), but lose a little bit of money every month due to the current numbers, while hoping for future appreciation? 

- Rents, Vacancy & Maintenance metrics, future growth, etc.2) Your analysis?

In the future, we aim to get into fixer-uppers, development, etc., but for now, we like to only consider semi-stabilized (with minimal deferred maintenance) or fully stabilized, cash-flowing properties. 

Even with trump's aggressive plans for mass deportation and border security, I also have to think long term about future presidents' agendas towards border control too, and anticipate potential presidents being more loose on border security.

@Alexandre Pita i would be interested to connect and learn about your current investments and plans for the future - i plan to invest in Portugal this spring and i have others from my investment group that may be interested. 

And given syndications are a marketing game more than a real estate game, it begins to give you real marketing content to share with the world to help drive new leads for future deals.

Always vet each property thoroughly as the past does not equal the future. 

Determined to avoid such mistakes in the future, I earned my real estate license to better understand the buying and selling process.