I'd imagine the ones closest to NY (Stamford/Norwalk) would be fairly high priced compared to places further out (Fairfield/Bridgeport), but deals could probably still be found. 

@Doug B.I think I remember you shooting me some properties, and I would not have recommended the areas closest around you, either.I've helped two of my clients for one on ones, who were from new york, get their first rental. 1 purchased in NC, one purchased in PA.

Both here and at the BWI Meetup which is the closest real estate group to me, I have met many people who I have done deals with.

The closest might be to do a seller concession to sort of save yourself on the closing costs...

Yes or No is not a good answer, especially from people that never looked it at HOAs truthfully and drank the No HOA kool aid on BP.

The closest I can see would be to have few land trusts, each land trust with trustee being a lawyer to own one property, with beneficiary to be a single California LLC for cost effectiveness. 

Carefully research where your closest competitor is and go visit them to see if there's truly any room for you to do it or if it "just makes sense to you."

Interacting face to face will help tremendously with forming those critical relationships to aid your progress.

My unit is on the first floor and closest to the main drain so my unit is the one that backs up.

will these require two separate CPA's or is there some type of service out there that aids asset managers?