I work full time as an I.T. professional and part-time as a landlord.

If nothing else, my clients understand that they’re dealing with a professional.  

Zillow "...generates unbiased local and national real estate data and analysis on 929 metropolitan areas and approximately 10,400 individual neighborhoods that we provide to consumers and real estate, rental, mortgage and home improvement professionals..." (2) The Zillow database focus is data aggregation of 110 million properties with "information from tens of thousands of public and private sources."

It is a good place to connect with real estate professionals and to learn about real estate.

Being a hard money lender to developers/flippers is passive and not taxed.Ultimately the right solution will depend on your goals, and speaking with a professional in the field as well as your licensed tax advisor will be the best way to get a handle on your options.

A-class, no CF assets tend to be more for the busy professional who has to call contractors for every little thing.  

Some RE professionals are recommending selling Ca. properties in anticipation of a market correction and investing in multiple properties in other states.  

It is a good place to connect with real estate professionals and to learn about real estate.

However, we could list our home tomorrow for $140K.Clearly I understand that I'm comparing apples to oranges bc a mobile home is not officially real estate and our house is.My point is, I think (and I could be wrong) that I could rehab this property and sell it for $27K.Thank you all for the input, this really helps as BP is my one and only location for industry professionals to weigh in on this situation.I know my first deal won't be... well, ideal.  

Welcome to BP and and I'm sure you'll learn a lot from this site.Lots of professionals on here that know their industry very well.Enjoy and good luck.