I am closing on my next property between January and March 2017.

When I first moved here (also from CA... see what I mean) I purchased a home in McKinney, I sold in March (2.5 years later) for $80k above what I paid....  

This gets possession much sooner, allows for cashflow much sooner, and allows them to stop the decline in property condition.The challenge with NPN notes in low price band neighborhoods is you can easily spend 30k on a rehab, add in back taxes and legal and you need a really wide margin to know you are going to make money on the note if you have to take back the property.

Mount Mary (A/B), Cooper Park (B) Golden Valley (B+), Kopps Park (B), and Nash Park (B-?).

The house has been completely renovated (completed in Feb/March 2016) and seems to be turn-key.

This was in March of this year. 

Business plan (free) may be not be sustainable, just like Williampaid (ACH payment service that went out of service)."1) We've been around since March 2012, and launched publicly in June 2013.

I like to formulate a plan and then execute that plan with the understanding that you always need a plan B (and maybe plan C).I'm currently spending my time reading and researching whatever I can on real estate investing which is how I came across BiggerPockets.com.  

Just rip off the band-aide and tell me what to expect.Enter BiggerPockets:Josh and Brandon are who I found.

We closed on this FHA mortgage I believe it was March 7th, then we rented back 2 of the units to the previous owner for about 40 days before moving in an occupying in early April.