Quote from @Jason Kudo: I have a property in the Joshua Tree market and it's doing fantastic.That's great for you :-) However the OP might want to know if you paid cash, have a loan, at what APR, and all that good stuff that could make the difference for him having a decent ROI.

There is a lot of moving parts to this story, so hang in there....I bought a house from auction to flip in Colusa County, California April of 2023.

I am in the process of learning and plan to use house hacking as my investing strategy for the first few properties.

Hey James,That’s a solid question, and I’ve seen this scenario come up quite a bit.

I have decided to partner up with another investor to buy this property together.

We recently signed up for smrtphone.Currently we're calling our market and we get calls back, but the issue we're having is smrtphone isn't giving them any information as to who the lead is or which campaign it's from. smrtphone has instructed us we have to search through the different campaigns to see who the person is.

The big question is this - is this 'marginal' area going to a) stay where it is? 

Stay far away from from the Bigger Pockets referral scheme. 

You can literally find answers to all of your questions within the confines of this site.

From what I gather, there's a standup shower and a bathtub?