I had several clients from states like California where buying property in their home state was prohibitively expensive, but they could afford a decent property here. $500k won't buy you much in San Fran but is a pretty healthy budget in Jax.One smaller factor is that Duval county doesn't charge impact fees on new construction (and is the only county in Florida that does not) which is great for developers but not so great when there's no money for maintaining our schools.https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190423/duval-voters-to-decide-on-proposed-sales-tax-referendum-to-pay-for-replacing-repairing-renovating-schoolsAlso this isn't Florida or Jacksonville specific, but in times when the stock market is particularly volatile real estate investing becomes more appealing even with lower returns.Personally as an investor I find all this out-of-town investing a bit annoying (increased competition and increased prices) and am concerned that these properties potentially aren't well maintained.

I live in San Diego, CA and I don’t want to do my first investment deals in this area nor do I want to live here for any longer than I have to.

I own a SFR here in California.

Hi I See a lot of units in nice Residential condo communities along Richmond Marina Bay. These have good access to Ferry to SF and BART stations.Are these good investments long term (10 years ) ? Thanks

That area is next to a healthcare hub, there is Kings County Hospital, Downstate Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and Brookdale Hospital.

My BAH will be 1100 so not much from what you describe and I am taking a big hit on BAH coming from California.

That just doesn't happen in nice areas often.For example I was looking at Clear Lake, CA.

I have a small park in Clearlake Ca and the last park owned unit I have would sell as is for about 20k, I will put 10-15k into it and sell it for 120-130k. 30-40% of the tenants in the park have renovated their units as well.

I have clients in Arizona and California, I’m happy to chat sometime if you’d like.

I'm in TN working with a partner To sell some property under contract in CA which is 2.9 acres of land and Arv is around 217.. how can I find a buyer??