@Manolo D. is a contractor from there too who is pretty well an expert on all the areas of California and beyond.  

It' just a mindset shift that needs to be made.P.S My team and I have wholesaled over 100 properties in the California and Nevada markets within the last 2 years.

I don't know whats its like up there in Jersey but down here in Florida you need to pull a permit before you do any Demo work The house next door to me was vacant for a long time someone finally bough it right away they came in and demoed out the whole place with out pulling any permits The city code enforcement went on the war path wound up costing the guy BIG in fines

I'm a home owner, and pay my mortgage on the 1st of each month. As we are getting closer to the new year, I wanted to know if a January 2017 payment made in December 2016, would the interest on that payment be applied...

Comparing the information, you're around a -2% population growth, -0.22% job growth and a home vacancy of 10%.http://www.city-data.com/city/Plymouth-Michigan.ht...http://www.semcog.org/data-and-maps/community-prof...http://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/michigan/pl...Now, even though Plymouth looks to be fairly stagnant, I'm assuming you know the surrounding areas and can see if people who live there commute elsewhere to jobs and if land surrounding or within the city limits can even be developed for potential housing or business growth. 

In Santa Monica, CA, A/C doesn't matter as much.  

Hey James, I've been out of Nashville for about 2 years now but still have a few holds in the city and a good grasp of the current markets in the northern outlying cities (i.e.

I like Kansas City and Missouri in general, but I am still looking around.I am really looking for people in Seattle to talk to about investing away from our home town, what works, what doesn't, what questions should I be asking about these properties, etc.Thanks for reading and really excited about being a part of the community.Russ

I have been a Commercial Real Estate Broker for the last eight years negotiating privately leased space for various State agencies in California which is a pretty good gig.

On a flip, you can make at least 100k on an REO all said and done, maybe that's two properties in the whole state, but that's what I love about CA.