The contractor has to live in the Bay Area, so their cost of living is just as high as the client's.I was daydreaming about dropshipping contractors into CA.

We live in San Francisco, CA and we both work in the trades and have a couple of connections with trades people in Shasta. 

I started real estate investing, while living in New York City and working as a leasing agent in my early twenties.

Most of us Don't live here or have property here.You would likely have better luck with a local FB group or thumbtac.cim

I live in the Portland, Maine area and am currently launching my real estate wholesaling business as a short term strategy in order to build knowledge, capital, and a network so that I can eventually start investing in my own projects such as fix and flips, and both short and long term rentals.

@Katelyn Nelsoncan you start with a house hack or live in flip?

The cost of living is extremely low compared to other cities and you can still many many positive cash flowing and 1% deals here.

My residential properties are spreadout across midtown Savannah, southside, bloomingdale/pooler area, and a lot in Effingham county where I live.

Our initial idea was to build-to-rent two 1,300 sqft homes on the additional tracts of land, but after speaking with lenders, the current interest rates made this unfeasible.

I am remote (living in Reno, NV) and will be handling all accounting/finances.