In my totally amateur-not-at-all-professional opinion, if I had money to invest in Southern California, I'd look closely at Temecula.

Hello Annette, Hate to sound like a few of the “no-can-do” professional bloggers on BP but…simultaneous note purchases are very hard to do these days.

It's a big deal, and certainly best left for the professionals, i.e. attorneys.

Like you, I have no desire to flip or deal with contractors or any of that (at least for now), and I buy mostly turnkey rental properties meaning all of those contracts, tenant screenings, rehabs, everything are already done for you by professionals.

I am an accounting professional who works in risk management for a large private banking institution.

The point is, for inspectors in my state, there are absolutely no eduction or professional licensing requirements, unlike an appraiser.

I am not a Tax professional or Real Estate financial planner but it can be wise to have at least 1 LLC for your fast-turning properties and at least 1 LLC for your long-term holds.

I'd love to do it myself, but I'd like to see the professionals do one first so I have an idea of the work and process.

I prefer to pay professionals to do the job correctly.

Look at grasshopper.comIt is a professional message service that is about $10 a month.