I'm in Santa Ynez.I have my real estate license and don't recommend it until you're well into buying and selling multiple deals a year.

I think this is a haven for out of state investors and would to engage in as many JV deals as possible to keep building my portfolio while I wait to be available for more financing. 

You must be a very engaged and active landlord.

If you find yourself having to rip out multiple walls, it could get costly.

More interactive--engaging with people of all kinds from tenants to contractors. 2.

Accounting too so when someone calls and you are looking at the property info to answer questions your cost basis is right there too.You can print checks and deposit slips that link to your accounting so you are not making multiple entries of the same transaction.Buyers can have their own website to log in and see their payments, contracts, parcel map etc files as well as pay online.

By the way, thanks for this engaging conversation.

@Hannah WilliamsAlways get multiple quotes. 

Whoa, thank you so much everyone for the warm welcome - I'm loving the new info & engagement!

takes time to sell 7 lotsYou may have zoning issues - may need curbs/sidewalk/guttersWith that many lots that close together is the main property your rehabing going to be an asset or a limitation to who or what is built near it Could re zone and split it and list it and let new buyer either buy house by itself and multiples of lots and give them a price break on lots