Mainly because Southern California has low CAP (3-5) and is not a landlord friendly state. 

My name is Gustavo i stay mainly in the Gurnee are of Illinois and the Salem area of Wisconsin.

I was going to name my LLC that I use for my fix and flips "Flipping Cleveland" as those of us that have called this gem of a city home have said variations of this over the years in regards to our local governments and/or sports teams... ok, mostly our football team... and the baseball team since the early 2000's... and our basketball team sans LeBron... 

I was mainly talking to her in regards to the homes she was going to sell but then got to talking about the park.  

These properties might dip a little with cycles but tend to hold value and not take you under like those other properties.The small towns if the main employer goes out you have a mass exodus of net migration elsewhere.

If you focus mainly on bills you won't push off to the next "ledge"! 

That's my main focus.

Yes- If the ROI is the same in 2 areas, then that's when I start to look at other factors in investing there- the potential growth of that area, landlord friendliness, which sports team I like, etc. 

I am also from Renton, but my main focus at the moment is rental properties.

The numbers I am mainly concerned with are the expenses such a taxes, insurance, garbage collection, vacancy rate, etc.