Matt,As you posted it looks like scientists are pretty confident of a big El Nino storm coming for California this 2015-2016 winter.But raising deductibles on common property insurance is not going to cover for flood related damages.  

Hi,I'm in escrow to purchase a condo I'm currently occupiying as a lease option and just found out that the building is not FHA approved.  I need a lender who specializes in condos to help me in the best route to go t...

As it is one could add 100k to the price solely based on CA home builders regulations.

I contacted a realtor in my local area (Sacramento, CA) about mentoring me, but it appears as though he just wants me to bird-dog for him.

So I've been buying properties that have first liens in default at trustee sales in California, but have not touched the ones with junior liens.

I'm an out of town REI (california) looking to find a MF (<20 units of 1br/1ba preferred, doesn't have to be individually metered) in San Antonio, TX!!

I was born in Bellflower, CA and I have been raised in the Los Angeles and the 562 area.

I am an investor in california and currently just got my real estate license.

Northern CA.-- Bought land--dropped electric, developed spring, put in septic, created road (not yet rocked), procured older doublewide (not yet on property), got zoning clearance for soft set foundation on mobilehome.

I'm looking for some guidance from some of the more experienced California flip investors in luxury homes to see if they might use a matrix or formula to plug in a set of  rehab estimation numbers for a luxury rehab as they are initially looking into the potential of a project being an acquisition candidate before they actually walk the property.I can typically create an estimated improvement budget for almost any commercial property in both office and industrial for proforma purposes before visiting the property, but residential is a new animal for me.