Are you planning on living in one of the units?

Do you plan on making a documented improvements to the property?

Planning to sell two investment properties in CA and buy one primary residence in CA.Property 1 is listed and expected to sell in August to September timeframe (Around 150K long term profit, total sale price around 0.85M, no loan)Property 2 is under renovation and expected to be listed in August-September, and close around October to November (around 400K long term profit, total sale price around 1.7 M, around 0.6M loan. ~1.1 M in cash).What is the best time to buy the replacement property?

Properties and streets look a lot better in pictures than in person especially with Class C. Are

I initially planned to invest in Lancaster but was priced out and needed cashflow in the short term...What are your concerns?

Do you have a plan to purchase if you get someone who might be interested?

I’d take his answer carefully to the bank. 

As a guest, I probably care the most about a good bed and I'm very "function over form" for the most part, but it's got to look good in the pictures to get me there, right?

A little bit about my experience in Real Estate… I started a couple years ago doing some house flips in Detroit ( It was a 2 year plan) then decided to sell everything, moved to Washington DC which can’t afford anything in the DMV area but last year I purchased a very nice 3500 SQFT Duplex in Shaker Heights, suburb of Cleveland. 

@Dalton Tahy I have a friend that lives in Boston and he has no plans buy RE because it's so expensive.