I didn't really start seeing a great return until I left California as a place of investment.

Can you guys point the reliable ones, with Forms, for California?

I am not in the country at the moment, I will be making a house hunting visit in the next few weeks.

Jake Kucheck In most of California, certainly in my area (northern CA) and in your area too, you can't really just "convert" a tenant to Section 8.

George Eliot There is no question about residency on CA deeds.

Perhaps in CA, it is more lax, but I doubt it.

In particular, I'd like to buy some buy and hold rental properties with cashflow.I'm under the impression that doing this in California in general, and the Bay Area in particular, is difficult at best (and only a crazy person would try it in San Francisco).Just for background, I have about $80k in seed capital from buying and rehabbing a foreclosure here in Virginia.

I purchased a property in California several years ago and lived in it as my primary residence for around 3 years.

Only one company out of California that I am aware of will insure over the Tax Sale process which cost us $1,500 per house and it takes 45 days.

Owner had a loan modification done, so now her monthly payments are 2,000 per month. She can only afford 1,400 per month. Home is worth 340k , she still owes 280k. She would like to have someone buy her home and then ...