@John Pfeiferwelcome to the site, BP has a tremendous amount of information to help youI'm a local investor in the New Hampshireand would be more then happy to help you out with any questions you havewe have network meeting at Nashua on the 3rd Wed of the month and it great place to meet with others real estate investor and we have numbers of deals done after people meet in our group, you can find more HereLook forward to seeing you around!

Another REIA to consider is the BWI meetup held 2nd wed of the month.

If you are interested in meeting folks IRL, Jim hosts a great Monroe REI networking meetup group the 2nd Wed each month. 

@Daniel Thomaswelcome to the site, BP has a tremendous amount of information to help youI'm a local investor in the New Hampshire and in MAand would be more then happy to help you out with any questions you havewe have network meeting at Nashua on the 3rd Wed of the month and it great place to meet with others real estate investor and we have numbers of deals done after people meet in our group, you can find more HereLook forward to seeing you around!

@Robert Taylor  The fire happened Wed @ 4:30 amI had a vm from the inspector on Thursday and the property mgnt also called Thursday morning saying one of their employees saw it on the news.

I also plan to move in the next year, and there are other life events that may effect my time and money in the future (wedding, children, selling my condo and/or buying a SFR for me and my growing family etc. etc.) 

Going a little more that direction and over the border the NH Mastermind meeting in Nashua (Next Wed) is very good.  

Nonetheless, our NOO/rentals are not in CA - and we don't have these water rationing issues there.Our primary residence (and I would probably also do this if and when we purchased investment properties here) is primarily grass with some native trees, shrubs and plants (near the property).To allow us to have grass without heavy fines for water we use 1) apply summer guard and 2) winterize our laws. 3) we are mandated to water only Wed and Sat (early am or late evening). 

I know a lot of people who used student loans to pay for things other than school, (weddings, etc), but it is specifically prohibited.

My wife and I bought a condo a month before our wedding with a 20% down 30 year conventional mortgage.