Thanks for sharing, the bad along with the good, I mean trouble free rent for 11 years!!

Leveraging Other Assets: If you've got equity in another property, a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) could be a way to tap into that without selling up.

That is another item to review, not to say that is good or bad either of them though.

All of that said, as I've grown, I've started to stay away from bad areas.  

Going into a deal with bad comps can cost you thousands when you try to exit the deal. 

Personally I want anyone 18 or over living in the house on the lease and full credit and background check on them. 

Hey Aldo,The Credit score looks like you’re in the right range to get pre-approved for FHA/Conventional depending on downpaymentAuto loans long term can help diversify your credit accounts and the longer you have that loan the better it would be for your credit.

I sold a condo here, really wanted to keep it but HOA was badly managed, 4 increases to HOA fee in 2.5 years.

Usually banks or credit unions want you to have some skin in the game.

Definitely price is the major factor, but location relative to OC is important for me as well.  1.5 hr drive ain't bad for an investment property if anything goes wrong.