@Alexander Felice My dad owned a business on Yadkin Road when half the town got shipped out for Desert Storm back in the 90's.  

Its been a very good investment but it has been an incredible account of work due to volume back to back bookings and the pool is a daily chore in our dirty windy desert.

She has a vast knowledge of the desert lifestyle.

Depending on what you're comfortable with as far the area and tenants are concerned if you do plan for holding 5 years or more the high desert area has property to consider.

Now SoCal and Cali is a big place, there are some areas that cash flow just fine day one...if you go out a couple hours outside of OC, Bakersfields, Deserts, etc...and or look into getting creative with vrbo, short term funished, think traveling nurses...you get the picture.

Hey everyone, I'm a contractor in Palm Desert looking for projects or flip deals in this area

After searching and reading the older posts, seems that Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, and Palm Springs are all pretty good candidates for this purpose.

This property is in the desert, could I use the laundry grey water to irrigate the landscaping?

i too looked into those (via https://www.sunsetranches.com). unless you can live without water, avoid like the plague... everyone else is.if there's some way to affordably bring water to that area, then it's a fantastic steal.you could catch some snakes, horney toads, desert hares and sell them as exotic pets.although the best use would be as a solar power farm.

The high desert has high potential for beginning investments so I think your off to a great start.