With the high State tax rate in CA this will be helpful. 

I've always had an assumption that OH is a Ca$h Flow market and not an Appreciation market.

And I think I've ruled out my original option #1, which was to sink all the proceeds from sale of my current house into next primary residence in Southern California. 

I'm based in California and hoping to make my first investment within the next 2-3  months.

I'm Christian Campos, a private money lender and real estate investor from Los Angeles, CA.Where are you located in California? 

Here is a list of what adding ADUs in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

King county is not a cheap place to operate.

I hear appraisals associated with ADUs regularly in southern Ca and they are typically less than 50% of hands off cost.  

I live in California but do not want to invest here. 

My own realtor said that 2020 was the most lucrative year of her career and that nearly all the people buying houses in Waco are people who are fleeing California, New York, and Oregon, moving to Texas in hopes of living in a free and functional society again.