It was out of state and with as small as it was I took a gamble and did not step foot in it until i owned it, but I had the local realtor go thru and do a video and a basic eye ball inspection and felt confident.

My work has been keeping me super busy lately.I guess the way I am looking at the situation (through my non experienced eyes) would be looking at that key word, “should be”.

And when everyone is looking the other way, nobody has their eye on the ball.

They do have pride of, well, residence.And then there are the guys that take a little different approach, so I keep an eye on them and will remind them to take care of things.

I thought it was wiser to invest close to your own location so you can keep an eye on your property.

I'm jealous, you bought in an area I've had my eye on for a long time!

In fact, in my upcoming book here on BP I have a whole chapter dedicated to that... so keep an eye out :) 

But BP Podcast 73 with Mehran Kamari opened my eyes to out of state investing when you're faced with a local market like LA so long as you have "boots on the ground" in the other state.For someone like me who is just starting off, with a decent income, should I go for the expensive LA rental if the numbers somehow miraculously work or is it wiser to partner and look towards out of state hot spots given the full time job situation?

Not sure if you look at stuff already on the MLS, but I saw this burned-up property the other day in an area I have my eye on.

I didn't even know the change was taking place, lol @Brandon Turner looks great and the print is bigger for my tired old eyes lol, easier to read.