I paid $8.99 for a 3 month subscription, and I discovered a very good NY Real Estate Salesperson study guide.

Multi-family properties are the best for buy and hold in Bakersfield because the price per square foot is lower then a comparable single family home (so they are cheaper to purchase) but you end up getting a lot more rental income because instead of collecting $1000/month on an average sized house, you collect three monthly rents of $700/month for an average sized unit in a triplex.  

Eviction, Probate, Quit Claim deeds, 65 older .Your is SoCAL so head over to Property Radar and get a month subscription . 5,000 leads for $40 bucks a month.

I may be biased because it's my adopted home, but Austin is nice.It's rated #1 by Forbes as a boom town:http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2016/01/14/...Top three cities to find a job:http://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/01-04-...One of the best to start a career (which is different than finding a job:http://austin.blog.statesman.com/2016/02/03/austin...Ranked #1 city for young families:http://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/05-10-...There are a lot more of these articles, these were just the first five that came up when I Googled "best cities to live".

Most of the problems investors run into fall into three buckets: underestimating rehab costs, underestimating rehab time or not properly assessing ARV.

I've thought of subscribing to Angie's list as a source for contractors and was going to ask the BP family what they though of that, it's specific to each area and those contractors who subscribe certainly care about their reputation and want continuous work so in my mind it's not a bad option (and the yearly subscription is not expensive at all). 

I have had three in the last 10 years and the abuser was held responsible for the lease, but all three bailed as soon as their partner moved out.I would even be comfortable asking to see the judge for clarification once the order is in my possession.

Ours (Colorado) is 17 pages long.Yup just three normal residential constract  

Hello Everyone,My name is Magdalene Fortson and I am a Real Estate Consultant in South FL servicing all three counties (Broward, Dade and Palm Beach).I am excited to join BiggerPockets and my end goal is to become an Investor for SFH and/or multi-family units.I was in the USN once upon a time and I was born and raised in the Bronx, NY.I just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself to everyone.

@Jean Bolger could you explain further about the capital gains situation and the three years?