and buildings (whether 1 unit or 50 units) even in upscale areas are being bought out by INVESTORS so the ratio which used to be around half renter half owner neighborhoods, seems to me to be headed towards like 95% renters and and just a few owners in socal here and there. and renter areas tend to be dominated with extra cars, extra baby mommas, crappy landscapes, and littered, noisier streets.where are the socal owners moving when they sell out to investors?

We tend to have reliable appreciation here in DC but our current prices are approaching the  pre 2008 bubble range.

I'm still fairly new to the process of searching for realty, and thus tend to spend more time than I'd prefer just looking for potentially good property.

It helps boost my memory because I tend to forget how I know particular member.

We tend to stay away from them and only purchase parks on city water and sewer.  

If you attend the club meetings you will find that the people sponsoring the meeting tend to be investor grade professionals.  

I tend to want to put down as little as possible, while maintaining a healthy positive cash flow(income after ALL expenses).  

I tend to think that some sort of syndication where the cash partner brings half the down payment, and loans me the other half.

Hard money tends to be more cut and dry, and you will likely qualify with slightly lower income/credit, but you will pay a slightly higher interest rate.  

In general there interests will be towards purchasing a property and they will tend to use MLS asking prices as their basis for value.