I checked out some recently sold properties in Ventura County on Zillow and I noticed that there are still bargains out there in SoCal. 

I noticed many of the homes there have "names", and usually some kind of plague, or sign outside displaying it to add some charm to the house.  

The last one was a home in Oviedo I liked a lot, margin was small but wanted to do my first flip and get my feet wet so to speak.As I continue to look, I've noticed that not having cash is a big disadvantage.  

Something I noticed was that often times the company would come test and they would place the meter next to the sump.  

I would guess the owner was upside down, getting notices and frantic to get what was owed in order to pay the bank before foreclosure.

Hi how're you doing.I noticed there are over a hundred BiggerPocket Podcasts.

I just noticed that you're in Chicago.

I have noticed that buying a couple of 4 unit buildings is a good start but to be able to reach my goal i will have to be able to scale things up at a faster rate after the first couple of years.

The only noticeable difference is that if I wanted to stream video from netflix I would have to turn my smartphone off.The numbers: DSL internet $35/month.

One other consideration that is going to affect the value here....have the residents of the properties already been served with notice of and waived their TOPA rights?