I apologize if I am messing up this column with an inappropriate postI'm a newbie from Southern California (Laguna Hills, CA), but my investing interest has been mostly in Georgia, Arkansas and Florida.

My wife and I live in southern California and have one single family rental.

My wife and I own and manage a couple vacation rentals in southern California.

Hi @Humaira Tuly, I'm based in Southern California, but I have started my out-of-state real estate journey in Indianapolis.

I would also mention you are likely to get some good rent/value ratio in the I-95/495 spoke of southern ma in areas like Attleboro, Foxboro, Wrentham, Mansfield, Norton; its a great rental market and area that is experiencing a good deal of growth from a population and commercial standpoint.

Can't wait to enjoy the fruits of our labor someday.P.s. in the southern california market even an FHA loan for a 4-plex is expensive!  

In every city right here in southern California.

There are parts of the southern section that are currently gentrifying, but you will probably have to deal with not so good tenants for a while. 

You can find Aaron Mazzillo on here out of southern Cal and he buys cash flow property in the inland empire.

When the market crashed we moved from northern California where unemployment skyrocketed to 20% to southern California where it was much lower, but property prices are much higher, and competition far greater.