I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

Although I am in CA, I am always available and even booked my Portland property from Greece at 3:00 AM.

In my market, there isn't much you can do except keep your house up to date and in good shape, and that will often cost you near what you will get out of it.I know nothing about California.

No income tax state is a plus for them as well.I have heard some areas like Chicago, New York, California where it has taken landlords 6 months to 1 year to get people out.

I am a former real estate agent from the California area.

@Liam Goble I'm from CA so I totally relate to what you said about 6% returns.

You probably know the requirements to get a broker's license in Indiana better than me.When selling your own property, any time you're a party to a transaction and you're a licensed agent, you need to disclose that you hold a real estate license and have an ownership interest in the property, at least in California.

This does increase your cash flow for that first year but you still want to calculate maintenance costs in from the beginning.We have sold some of our older SFR's here in California and purchased new construction in Texas.

This isn't the norm so much where I currently stay in California so I'm finding it hard to judge good areas from bad ones.Can anyone offer some knowledge on some neighborhoods in Jacksonville?

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