HI Clint I work locally and based on the that price range you might have to go to the inland empire, apple valley/victorville area, or in the san bernardino or riverside counties.East LA areas, long beach, anaheim, or santa ana are probably the lowest multi unit area in terms of pricing for LA and OC but it can be a bit rough too.

I am new to BP but not new to investing in buy and hold.The reason you are not seeing the 1% rule is because you are comparing apples and oranges.

I think the best source is going to be directly from the MLS.My only other tip is to make sure you are comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges on the MLS or have an experienced investor help you with comps.

With that said, we are comparing apples and oranges.

You're comparing apples and oranges.

It is going to be the relatively few "rotten apples" that you have to be careful about.A home isn't seen as a quick source by the "rotten apples" to get cash.

I was thinking of putting together a spreadsheet to compile the answers to these questions from all of the different turnkey companies in order to compare apples to apples.Has anyone done that kind of thing before?

You should be able to get similar rates everywhere as long as your comparing apples to apples.

I ordered the Kindle edition as my local Barnes and Noble was out as well as there warehouse.

Most investors want to be able to compare apples-to-apples.