For SFH New Tampa is good if you're looking for newer builds, I also recommend Carrollwood and Citrus Park for SFH as well as the others I stated. 

Find properties such as duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings on BiggerPockets Marketplace and local listings.

I ask because I recently ended my relationship with them in the Atlanta area, but would like to know about other areas they service.I am hoping it's just that area.

But I would like to use my chance to comment on this to emphasize how much of this situation really reflects on how you've managed the landlord-tenant relationship to date.In a high-regulation area-of-operation like California, cordial landlord-tenant relationships will get you past a lot of garbage like this.

I told them that it was a better idea that, instead of buying a home first, we can buy an investment property and keep renting after we build some equity, sell it and put the down payment for 2 houses or a duplex and live in one and rent the other one (for me, i could keep renting until we buy a lot of investment properties and then move to one of them), but my family wants to buy a home firts and then the investment property.Can someone give me a light of what is better or the pros and cons.Thank you so much.

After one summer of STRs I came back in the winter took a first lean mortgage on the property to replace the roof (and build my RV which I plan on living in while renting in the summer).

However, I would like to build connections and eventually start here in California.

You can offer to lend the seller money to stop the foreclosures. 7 or do a lease with an option to buy - making up the back payments that would be considered you advance lease payment.Always look at the property if you have intentions of bidding at the auction (this can be tricky because you need to do that with the owner's permission - do try to build a rapport with seller  - also look at the foreclosure suit to find out what the bank is looking for and if there is a second mortgage or other liens.At the court house steps when the auction take place you need to be well prepared with your certified funds but more importantly you need to know the fast sale value of the property - you don't want to pay retail.Get to know your competition - there will be professionals at the foreclosure auction looking to capture some serious equity.

Build prices today depend on who your builder is and where your building is including real estate prices etc.

They will help you identify areas and properties that are trending favorably and have relationships with contractors to help you and your investors maintain and fix their properties.