Focus on building out your network of investors and brokers to give you a leg up on deal flow. 

You want the furniture to look nice and be sturdy without you paying an arm and a leg because eventually the stuff is going to break, be damaged, stolen, etc.best of luck!

I am purchasing a 4 unit residential property in Orange County, CA with interest in seller financing.  

Is the roof 15 years old, is the HVAC on its last leg, does the electrical panel need updating, has the plumbing been touched in the last 50 years? 

- NeighborhoodScout shows the average monthly appreciation on a residential property in San Diego, Orange County, LA, San Jose, and San Francisco for all durations of at least 10 up to 23 years exceeds the current entire average rent of a Cleveland unit.

Apples and oranges.

The zoning change process was interesting, it was not overly complicated but required some leg work.

Their strategy is to let you do all the leg work, then call you and say " an  offer came in, we can handle the paperwork for 1200 bucks".

I would assume Orange County.  

However once you have figured it out, you will have a leg up on an out of town investor.