Rental property in Orange County, CA

[George I.]

Hi all, hope you are doing well during these crazy times! Would love to learn from all you experts on Bigger Pockets-- I'm thinking of starting to invest in rental property in Orange County, California. Any thoughts on what the best strategy is? Also, if rental property is not the most attractive strategy in this area, any thoughts on other forms of REI? Thank you very much in advance!!

[Alvin Sylvain]

If you're going to go through all the necessary hassle for Out of State Investing, why on earth would you choose Orange Country of all places? That's got to be one of the worst areas for a beginning investor in the entire nation, right up there with San Francisco and New York City.
You can get a 8 unit apartment building in some areas for the price a 2 bedroom dump in Orange County.