I have been buying & selling land and water rights in the western US for 40 years and joined BiggerPockets to meet people and expand my world.  

Good luck on your move back out to the west coast.

The inland empire east of orange county can also work for that, as could Bakersfield, but I am personally not that familiar with those sub-markets.For flips, anything closer to the coast all the way to the 210 fwy could work, so long as you can buy in at a good enough deal.

Also, it doesn't work well in all areas of the country, that rule works well in rural areas or in large parts of the South & Midwest, but it doesn't usually work in more densely populated areas along the coasts like the Philadelphia metro.Before deciding what part of Philly you want to invest in, you should decide whether you want to manage the property yourself, or whether you want a property management firm to take care of it.

The coasts, particularly New York and The People's Republic of California are very high priced and have pretty high taxes.

I grew up in the Seneca/Westminster area but have settled closer to the coast.  

Some ARMs use it as the index basis for adjustment, too.If I'm in a day-trading mood because I'm ignoring my own advice about day-trading (the same way most folks ignore their own advice haha), I'll look at where the 10 year tnote closed on the East Coast as a sneak peek for where rates might be tomorrow morning, and still have 3 hours left (CA time zone in a CA headquartered company, baby) to decide if I want to lock today or wait until tomorrow.

Nice to meet another NE Ohio investor living on the West coast!

I occasionally get 'right coast' matters but don't touch them. 

I am interested in possibly a vrbo on the coast of central Cal