I have used them for beach houses on vacation both on the east and the west coast. 

This is Steve Pierpaoli, proudly born and raised in Buffalo (wings, Bills, and yes - snow).I'm brand new to BiggerPockets and relatively new to real estate - I've invested in a few multifamily properties in Western New York, with a focus on cash flow and a desire to hold long-term.I still consider myself a NEWBIE - I know enough to know I don't much.

Hi guys!  My name is Nikki and I have four single family homes.  I live in one, rent two, and am in the process of selling another on land contract.  I would like to expand into multi family properties.  I love real e...

There are cash flowing areas in Western WA.

I think you seem to be in the higher end of homes and maybe the coast people have the same issue.

@Sean Hurwitz I suggest another tool: ProperrtyRadar, founded by another Sean.My friend Sean O'Toole has brought us West Coast investors another indispensable feature that I only discovered this weekend, investment analysis module.

Hello,My wife and I are looking at doing a 1031 exchange and purchase a property on the Oregon Coast.

Hi All,I'm a new member from Western Massachusetts.

She is on the east coast of FL and I do all of my business in the Tampa/St.Pete/Clearwater area, but she is still very good at what she does and I have not had any issues with her not being located locally. 

Appreciation and cash flow.You can make an analogy of this and see this as an instrumentalist playing solos over the chords of your favorite song.In western music, there are 12 notes.