I currently live in Mountain View CA as an engineering contractor for an aerospace/defense company.

ie CA would be 5-6% res, same for com?

I'd be curious if there was something similar for Santa Clara, CA

Looking for recomendations on an excellent property manager or Management company in the Turlock Ca area. 

In Oakland, Alameda county, CA - several years ago I tried to buy a vacant lot.

They are being prosecuted under federal bid rigging laws, so this applies everywhere in the U.S.For those who think "partnering" on a sheriff or trustee sale is the answer, you should know there is case law, at least in CA, that makes it pretty clear that if the partnership isn't a real, long term, partnership with division of duties and responsibilities, and is instead for a particular deal it's likely collusion.

@Nicholas Armstrong hi there looking at investing in Alabama, currently invest in Ca and IN.

I see you are in Lemoore, Ca.

Owning guns is a pain in the butt in CA, so I'm relatively light on the guns but have various bladed instruments staged about our home (that I own, obviously).The hoarding is the only thing you described that strikes me as unusual.This dude probably wants to do what is expected of him, which is not causing permanent damage to the property and pay his rent on time, in exchange for basically being left alone to quiet enjoyment of the unit.

My goals are to open residential health care facilities in California.