Are you looking in the city now?

@Antonio Parks So as far as meetups go, there should be plenty in your area in California.

I see tons of houses in Milwaukee that are left to rot in the inner city by out of state landlords who probably thought it was a good idea to buy a $25,000 house that rents for $800 and just hire a property manager to deal with everything.

You can either put the signs out on Friday anytime after 5pm and take them down Sunday night(that's when city offices are closed. most cities have ordinances prohibiting bandit signs.) or you can leave the signs up, but use a phone number that can't be traced to you like a Google voice or Burner number.Also, you can hook up with a Real Estate agent, have them search the MLS for properties that have sold in the last 3-6 months and were paid for with cash.

I'm going to be transferring to northern California in a year so I was hoping to begin working right away in order to supplement my living expenses while I move onto a university.

I unfortunately had to evict a tenant who is friends with one of our City building inspectors… Now I'm being dragged into court for code violations on my apartment building.

Local Cap rate is 8% for Panama City, Fl.

Be sure to check with permitting for your city/county.

Behold San Diego, California. 

I won't share it it (anti-trust concerns) but I'll be happy to make a proposal for anyone doing SFR in one of our cities nationwide.