It is admittedly a bit of an odd area in terms of layout since it has the highways and train tracks breaking it up, but it's still very affordable.

Given the odds for finding more properties is fairly slim, possible but slim, would it make more sense to hang on to it and rent it out than to flip it?

People case the place to see if/when you leave ... if you have something of value in the garage, sooner or later the odds will catch up to you and it is getting ripped off.

You (or him) need to spend 2-3 days there, hire a new management company, a 2 year vacancy is extremely odd, I would think your Dad is very embarrassed about this, try to dissipate that as much as you can... act now, get new management, evict the bad payers, new new tenants, stabilize, and THEN think about selling.

Hi @Ebony Bolton , with my limited experience, I am going to say I bet it depends on the situation.

The land is "Deed Restricted" and unless the original grantor of the restriction is willing to redo the deeds... it ain't going to happen AFAIK.Your best bet is to talk to other local developers or road builders in the area and find out what they ball park the road at... if you have the specifications that the town requires, then that makes things easier.

Your best bet is to have an excellent deal to present.  

@Brian Burke I suspect deal flow in Sonoma county to be next to nothing... same time effort and money put into just being a RE broker would make far more money than wholesaling is my thought.Aaron  you may want to wonder south and east a little over towards Solano county much better odds there lots of military and monitories  and those tend to be the transient folks.  

Your best bet would be to find a hotel broker or better yet a similar motel owner and see if they want to buy, joint venture or offer consulting advice.

We believe that house-hacking is our best bet.