North of I-30 is pretty much fine across the city.  

So because of that im looking to buy my dad's land and build a duplex on it, one of my uncle has been doing this for around 8 years and already has 6 duplexes built, he's getting negative cash flow or break-even if lucky on his units, ive heard cash flow is important when buying rentals units but all he get is pretty much 50k-100k equity when built and mortgage pay down from his tenants and good appreciation, is it worth it for me to build a new duplex if i need to withdraw 100-200$ a month to pay for my negative cash flow each month?

It seems like a pretty solid choice for building wealth.

It's all because the property has to be inspected along the way before each draw is given to the contractor, the contractor has to be vetted by the lender and also be a willing to work with oversight but it's all very doable and they have it down to a pretty good system now.

So i walked in to take a look.Overall its pretty nice most of the interior has been remodeled.

I live pretty close by so it's easy to drive by coming home from work.

That is a pretty big range and not very helpful.

My question to you guys is if a property has a positive cash flow but the cash on cash return is pretty low would you still take a chance on it???

The issue of rent collection is pretty simple.

Typically, coastal california RE that is any kind of a deal goes pretty fast.