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Then that's perfect!

I have many resources in the area and the perfect deal was sent my way by the realtor.

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Use Hard Money to buy them, fix them up perfect, and then rent them out. 

In a perfect world they work great.  

Leave it to California to screw up a perfectly good system!

Almost every major city in America has an investor ratio of 50%, so all those homes you dont think make sense....half of them will be owned by investors that seem to think they make perfect sense.

If this were happening to my Grandma and I presented these facts to a group of unknown business people and they made a bunch of Werther's Original jokes, I would (1) be forgiven for thinking that landlords are the awful stereotypes the media and lawmakers often make them out to be, (2) be justified in hating them forever, (3) also be justified in probably punching them in the face, and (4) probably get away with it because I'd demand a jury trial and as soon as the comments of the punched party got out, the jury wouldn't sympathize with that person either and would let me go.Again, not trying to be the fun police. 

I know a few "RE investors" from the Army that fit your Bro description perfectly.