If you're talking a coastal SoCal duplex, the answer is probably no...it will probably not be cash flow positive (assuming a mortgage on the property).In addition to looking at non-traditional types of property, there are also some lesser populated areas of SoCal. 

When I inquire with lenders I give them the following info:Property: Investment rental (non-owner occupied SFH)Credit Score: >740Loan Amount: $80-$120KRequired LTV: 80%While im on a site like Zillow looking at properties, Ill often try to to look up rates (and APRs) and after entering in the information above  I see numbers in the mid to high 4s.

For example, if you are discussing selling a home with a seller, and you tell them, you really should fix this and do that and clean this and you'll get top dollar.

Here we have homestead exemption but as an owner non-occupant we have to pay the full tax right?

For example, if you are discussing selling a home with a seller, and you tell them, you really should fix this and do that and clean this and you'll get top dollar.

It's going to be almost impossible (On Non-Residential at least) to find anyone (Outside of Hard Money) willing to take a Down Payment of less than 30% on a Non-Owner occupied.

Otherwise, non-medical HSA distributions are treated like Traditional IRA distributions in that they are taxed at the earned income rate.I'm not a tax specialist.

Most beginners after their first year worry about how to deduct all their losses instead of how to reduce taxes on their (non-existent) profits. 

There really is not any good way of 'cleaning out supply lines'. 

They will have the mentality that their neighbor stole from them for a very long time and they had to personally carry the burden of their neighbors non-payment.