I live in Orange County the price of real estate is sky rocket high which leaves me no choice but looking for the remote areas/cities.

Apples and oranges -- HCAD valuation shouldn't enter the picture as a value basis when negotiating a real estate transaction 

There are still some good pockets upstate in NY or even as far south as Rockland and Orange Cty, NY. 

I have a terrific agent but she specializes in East Orange and Newark.  

I thought near Disney would be an issue because of Orange County prohibiting short term rentals?

I live in Orange County Southern California, so this is an outside investmentThank you guys

If you plan on prioritizing your list and going after the low hanging fruit, then I would use findtheseller.com.

Not a good idea, unless you look good in an orange jumpsuit..

On a residential 1-4 sure you could qualify for many scenarios with limited to no experience in Mo-Val homes are relatively inexpensive compared to orange county or LA county.min qualifications are620 fico6 months reserves + closing/down payment1-4 unityou could use FHA financing as well if you're okay with living in one unit and renting the others out as well if it makes sense to do so financiallyAnother benefit with 1-4 is you can use 75% of gross rents to offset your mortgage if you're buying as a non owner occupied property so this requires you to have less income.I have some other more indepth articles on my BP blog about financing real estate and what to look out for as well.Good Luck

Hi All,I apologize if this has been covered in another thread and, if so, appreciate if you could link to applicable existing threads (I did a search on here but was having trouble getting properly filtered results.) ...