I also highly recommend you read up on landlord tenant law in CA (google 'ca landlord tenant law' and you'll find a pdf on the CA Dept of Consumer Affairs site). 

i know this thread is 5 years old but i came across from google and others might be in similar situations.time is money. 

Paying for traffic is quite expensive because of the nature of the business, you can expect to pay 3 to 5 dollars per click on average if you advertise in google or bing.

You cannot beat that guy or his real estate agent.You must market for motivated sellers and attract unlisted properties where the owner sees the benefit of taking a cash offer rather than putting their house on the market, which could require them to make costly repairs with $ they don't have.I like 3 methods for reaching the off-market, motivated seller:1) Direct mail, to people WITH EQUITY, especially absentee owners2) AdWords (Google Search marketing)3) Outdoor (billboards, bandit signs, bus signage, etc. etc.)Click on my FACE in this post and watch the video in my user profile here on BP - it's called "The Search for Motivated Sellers".  ;-)  This is THE #1 CHALLENGE for all of us.  

Google "real estate license class" and the name of your city.

But if they google us they can see that we are reputable and professional.  

I have done google searches on the property to know exactly what I am getting into and I saw what the properties sold for last, just wondering if I should also get the tax liens on them or if there is a basic way to go about this.

I use google voice and can only assign one number to my phone.  

I found this site when googling about multi-family properties.One idea I have is to purchase a multi-family property and live in one of the units, so I'm researching that possibility.

Google Jilian Sidoti$10k or so.