Not saying the OP is going to have the same experience but listening to people in other parts of the country that have no clue as to the dynamics of Bay Area real estate and would just jettison a home over 1500 a year not sure i would be listening to them.     

Shockingly, the owners that respond to postcards want to sell for prices that simply don't crunch as rentals.I can tell you that from the other side of those brightly-colored post cards (the one the I tossed out today was bright green), that property owners are being flooded with postcards from all over the country (green was an outfit in FLA).  

PM me if you have any questions about goal setting or finding the right real estate path.

No need to duplicated that discussion.Read:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/...here's the longest thread:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/...No tool especially today offers an easy path to REI profit!!!!!!!   

Hey Phil, I don't know what your budget is but you should taste different things before committing to one path.

I am not aware there is a legal order, that said, I do believe that most managers would follow a similar path.  

You MUST continue to create new sources and paths. 

I think the reason companies like Texas is similar to why they like California, it is one of the largest states in the country.

@Amy Frisella - We have a new "free course" that we are in beta on called the "Path to Purchase" here at BiggerPockets.  

The path to my niche is getting more clear.