@Jeff Pollack hosts a monthly meetup in West San Jose. 

Do we go North, East, South, West or something in between? 

Ideally I'd like to start out purchasing real estate in the Sacramento/ central valley and then branch out from there...West Coast, Southwest, South and Italy.I hope to gain a few things from BP.A better understanding of real estate financing.

One primary was in Brooklyn, back in '89, which I no longer own and the other is in West Orange, NJ where I currently live. 

Hi all,I'm searching for a real estate or business lawyer in the LA area (preferably West LA).

I'm ready to put my toe in the water and "house hack" in West Sacramento, CA.

Rental rates here aren't going or be in that much touted 2%/mo. found in the mid west.  

@Amr Makki  having done this for quite some time  ( past life and prior to anti skimming laws being passed on the west coast)  I found that when this first happens to borrowers they are in major denial... and are NOT motivated to do anything.. they then as you say get bombarded with letters .. after reading about 50 of those they realize the verbiage in many is literally verbatim the same and they tune out the direct mail folks.. ( now you can get some response but its going to be as you know sheer luck)The way to land these is just wait until about 10 days before the sale and if nothing has happened then you pound on the door and start to get reporte' they probably will still be in denial.. the best deals are made 1 to 3 days before they lose it... you cannot believe how many will actually wait to the day before the sale.. that's when I got my very best deals.if it has an opening bid and its the day before my team is pounding on the door.my driver is ready to drive cashiers check to trustee and we record our deed that day.if you want the screaming deals that how its done.  

Your strategy is very similar to ours - we are down in West Lafayette, IN and currently looking for our first multi-family deal.

A landlord recently told me she went to rent out a townhome in west Greeley earlier this year, but she wasn’t finding renters.