I am about to put a new roof on a 1550 sq ft home (rental) in the south as well.

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.- South Carolina / North Carolina - Columbia, Raleigh areas - i hear good college towns, super cheap real estate compared to NY areaIn particular, would love to know any good tax reasons or any local benefits, local developments in these markets that would make it worthwhile to seriously consider them.

Consider South Tempe or Ahwatukee.

Then the only concern is if I am essentially the hard money and lending their down payment, coming in at 100% their cost, they have no cash in the deal so if it goes south they can turn over the LLC and I could be left with an under-water deal.

I'm just 40 minutes south of you in North Stockton.

They work locally here in South Florida, and that was what called my attention since I was looking for local investors to teach and lead me during my startup.

The property is in Carson, Ca about 15 miles south of Los Angeles.

@Angela Cooney Phoenix isn't as much as of a cashflow market compared to smaller cities in the midwest and parts of the south.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in South Lake Tahoe.