i dont think anybody that knows the valley would ever think or say that woodland hills is premium to tarzana.the problem is you are just pulling up some average price trends probably off zillow or a quick google search and probably arent putting in the actual zipcodes that are comparable.  91355 is the reseda part of tarzana just like 91303 can be canoga park and or woodland hills depending on the part of victory... thats not comparable at all.the Tarzana areas that is comparable is 91356 zip code... that average is $900k for median house pricewhereas woodland hills zipcode  91367 is $768k medianim pretty sure if you are "from the valley" you would have known that though

I did do a fair bit of remodeling myself while I lived there.Best purchase we will probably ever make since it was 5k down for 160k duplex (worth 230k now after 10k or so in remodeling and increased rents) and cash flow of $800-900/month now!

Fortunately I was able to force the estate to pay rent owed and my expenses for filing the eviction.You should not ever involve emotions in business or you will always be on the losing end financially.My policy is ..S**t happens, nothing I can do about it, pay your rent first then I will see what I can do. 

If it rents for $800 or more per month, it doesn't matter if the value ever goes up.

@Nicholas BaughmanHi Nicholas, did you ever end up doing any tax deed auction properties in SoCal?

Every turd I've ever had was a smoker!

@Tom Gimer does that apply to tenants who get a judgement against themselves years before ever buying property?

@Johnathan Mark i know it's a year later but did you ever get any results on your bandit signs?

Ever heard of this?

@Tony Hill Did you ever find anyone?