Currently I am only familiar with the Orange County Market, and you would be hard pressed to find a duplex/triplex in this area for that range. 

Recent events have pressed more of a NEED than a WANT- looking to get my brother-in-law into a flip or BRRRR-type property for a few reasons: 1) Get a young single father an alternative living arrangement to current situation 2) Allow him to pay down debt 3) Get him interested in real estate investing for lifelong financial benefit.

Door Hangers work my Dad did this in the 60s and 70s he bought his own printing press and guess who ran it after school.then he would go down to the salivation army Sat morn at 6 am and pick up those exiting the facility.. these guys would put out about 500 flyers a day for 20 bucks.. you could do it with highschool kids today. he put out 20,000 a week.. and then the 1% rule followed  200 leads  then 20 sales..

Write to the Travel Channel, get on Ghost Adventures, your house will become famous, raise the rent due to people wanting to live in a haunted house they saw on TV. 

@Jess SandovalI wouldn’t press the issue now.

Be sure to put in your zip code (don't rely upon the automatic feature to give you geo targeted events) and press button for future events. 

Other things you need to factor in: utilities like satellite TV/internet (which, since the house probably doesn't have access to cable, internet can be An Issue), and will the HOAs allow short-term rentals?  

@Bridget Smith-Osbourne lol JAG, someone has been watching too much tv

You're going to be hard pressed to find a bank that is going to give you a regular loan on a property that needs a lot of work. 

How do you even have time to watch TV when you're working two FT jobs and driving for Lyft?