Over the long run you may find that your side hustle becomes your "main hustle".

The main problem is that its not only me the one who is going to pay the monthly mortgage but also my brother.

CA benefits from a glorious past with tech industry and entertainment industry to name a few, that were built before CA became effectively a one party system; and this "People's Republic" unfortunately also "occupies" more than half of our beautiful West Coast with prime real estate.

If you have specific questions, you can post them here to benefit the forum.

Also, the association controls finances, insurance and many other things, a friend of mine has a condo in a unit mainly controlled by Canadians that are seasonal, in their infinite wisdom they decided to not maintain flood insurance for the development (they are in a flood zone)  now the units are unfinanceable , so the values are lower because only cash buyers can buy in the building.

main thing to remember, UK and los angeles have very different economics.... local economies in each specific area in los angeles even vary quite a bitthe income or industry in south la vs west la vs north la are all very different.pick an area and dissect it make the best decision"ghettos" in Los Angeles have a lot of life long renters that are very much govt subsidized  so you are not investing with a tenant but more so with the government and managing a tenant as a way to get a premium 

I'm an investor from Maine who is beginning to source deals in Pittsburgh and surrounding boroughs.

I'm an investor from Maine who is beginning to source deals in Pittsburgh and surrounding boroughs.

I invest exclusively outside of Fort BraggThe only benefit of buying in a military town is it can be somewhat insulated from economic downturns. the detriment is military towns are generally stagnant.

With that said I am getting my license now (in NY) to mainly help my own investing.