Does your market have rent control? 

Learn who the players are, what they are focusing on, ask them questions, etc. 

I chose crowdfunding because it gives more control and transparency and may be easier to track how the individual properties are performing.

In arbitrage you have no control, the landlord has all the control.

Things should appreciate out there, the neihhborhood is really good for young people, and you could control things living there.  

The other side to buying in almost all of CA right now is that evictions are not possible by any means, never mind rent control on top of it, but if you are adopting tenants in a 4 unit its not likely going to cash flow, and unless you have the ability to do cash for keys, and you have tenants willing to move then its another hurdle to cross. 

You may want to learn some more though and et control of your finances during this time.I help with the vibrant REI community in Lexington so if you want more details on that just DM me.

California AB 828 by Assemblyman Phil Ting ignores the robust rent and eviction controls already in place statewide.

You can then control everything remotely and oversee what's going on at your properties w/o being there. 

The intent of the data is really just to keep a generalized pulse on the markets as a whole, as we are all in the same boat trying to determine which trends are most important to track, and what implications they'll ultimately have on collections, as well as the industry as a whole.I'm sure it's obvious to us all the higher the number of active COVID cases, the less likely that particular state is to re-open soon, as opposed to some of the other states with perhaps more of a "controlled" spread (Texas for example - while there are a significant number of cases, it is a small portion of the population and they have just recently announced they will be re-opening in stages).- I did consider offering a second data point as far as rent collections from the same period in 2019, but unfortunately that data wasn't easily found.