Overall, things sounds fruitful.

It has been a very fruitful exercise for me.

That, plus a RasPi, lets you do tricks like orange light at "dawn", getting whiter during the day, and then going back to orange and then off at "night". 

Hello, I'm Chris from Orange County Ca.  

Also we regularly see termite droppings. 1985 buildingHow about the Orange Oil they always advertise?

Caasi I am in the same boat as you, I am located in Orange County.

REIGuard.com out of Kansas City can do this along with Ross Diversified Insurance out of Orange County, CA.  

Low hanging fruit as long as you have a handle on pricing and complete your seller's disclosure.  

Seem like knockdown and orange peel are preferred these days.

The reason why I'm asking is because i'm currently working on a flip in Orange County, CA, which I believe I should be able to make a profit on, but my buying was way off the 70% of ARV mark.More like 80% of ARV.But if I was to offer 70% of ARV value less repairs, I am pretty much 100% sure there is no way I would have a shot at purchasing the property or any property I have been making offers on, because even in REOs and short sales, the banks will give a discount, but not even that much of a discount based on my experience of past offers.So was wondering if anyone was actually sticking to the 70% rule and actually managing to buy inventory?