I was born in Duarte, grew up living in Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, South San Gabriel, West Covina, and then Long Beach.My grandmother bought a 2/1 bath in Santa Fe Springs back in 1979 for $73,000 that she rented to my Mom, then later sold.When I left California, I was living in a mother in law house rented at $85/month off of 9th & Orange in Long Beach (it was a deal then, even if there were gunshots going off in the alley behind the house).When I moved to Denver in 1992 (after working as Hunting Department Manager at the now closed Turner's Outdoorsman that was on Hawthorne and 164th during the L.A.

I have almost set up my business just finishing up with marketing department.

A different department approves the licensing of B & B's in my area (Olympia WA).  

@Jiva Segaran Go to the local Building Department for the property you are looking at, pull the file for that address and look for any permits that may have been pulled for the construction.

If you're an investor with a HELOC out, this is the time to roll that into a fixed rate mortgage to avoid paying dearly with every increase they implement.   

Talk to your local buildings department.

Every student is warned in college on orientation day by the police department not to go there for any reason, and campus police will actually question students who are leaving the campus in that direction and question people who are walking to campus from that direction.My first word of advice is to have a full time security guard on your property and leave a radio on inside to let people know that it is occupied.  

It is a real epidemic.Frankly it had been happening for a while, Dallas itself has some issues financially because of the pensions, and the infrastructure/roads are in terrible condition.I do think the crime rate will get worse, but I think the mismanagement and issues with the police department compensation and pension have been bad for a while. 

Because SF's Building and Planning Departments are suffering staffing turnover and/or shortages, we've been told it might be up to a year before we get the conversion completed and finally have a unit to sell.

I found a copy of the "Texas Department of Insurance - Windstorm Resistant Construction Guide", and after looking through it, I can tell you that these 1950's house don't meet the guidelines.