Second, will you owe transfer taxes (that is very state, and even city specific sometimes)?

I believe it would increase overall investment demand with our  landlord/tenant laws being significantly more landlord friendly than CA, property taxes not reassessing on the sale, consistent job and population growth, proximity to Lake Tahoe, and temperatures that are not as cold as Tahoe in the Winter but are cooler Sacramento or Las Vegas in the summer. 

As for expanding, I'm 50 next year and I'd love to be able to retire in the next 5 years.I signed up for Tax-sale.info to see if I can find any bargains in single family homes etc.I prefer to buy and hold/rent rather than flip.

I can offer partial or full operation, setup, schedule organization, property maintenance, on-call/out of town coverage.

Also you want to stay in the state with zero income tax.. 

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

At 7.5% your monthly payment is around $1,400 not including taxes or insurance.

Hi, we have a tax deed auction coming up in PA, with over 1500 properties on it.

So he pays tax, seller finance does not eliminate taxes it just defers them.

Speak with a tax professional.