., The rents here in South California are low, purchase prices are high, and I just sold a condominium here that I was in the negative with rent income.

They are typically negative.

I would greatly appreciate any comments, either positive or negative, i'm just trying to gain more insight into this.thank you for taking your time to read this

However, the date range for some of these reports are 2013-present, yet still, I see so many negative reviews of the areas.

They do provide an low maintenance investment but you can also negate some risk by hiring an excellent property manager or tenant.  

Usually it is a negative. 

We use the following paint scheme on everything we paint:Ceilings - sherwin williams white ceiling painttrim - sherwin williams flat whitewalls - sherwin williams navajo whiteThis is a neutral scheme and we have never had any negative feedback in 5+ years of using it.

The difference of that calculation (positive or negative) is your "cash flow" according to the BP community as a whole.

Rising interest rates will negatively impact your cap rate and surpress your value.

If for some reason your job performance drops off (Whether it does, or if in his mind it does) they may try to point to your real estate activities as being a negative influence on your job performance.