These markets have strong job growth, median prices of investment properties (because as you know California is ridiculously expensive to buy investment properties, especially LA, San Francisco, and Simi Valley), and high gross rental yield.

I'm interested in part time work or interning with a local real estate investor in the San Jose, CA area.

Check out the historical unemployment charts for the United States, California, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area..

Check out the historical unemployment charts for the United States, California, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area..

I am currently serving out the remainder of my time in he Navy in San Diego and plan to make some property investments while I am here.

I mean if I have to have my $51K spent, I would have tried a few strategies from the podcasts and probably would have one or two properties that cash flowed (outside of San Diego). ...51K?

Los Angeles 138%San Francisco 116%San Diego 115%Source Corelogic.  

I like San Diego.

I could offer a 1st position for $20K on a $120K manufactured rental home on an acre in a nice area of San Antonio.  

@Jose Martinez, you said: "I did find an investor who is 100% financed but they made me a lesser offer than what i needed".Now THERE'S an Investor you can learn from!