It sounds to me like you already know why what you're doing is difficult.

My deal went off without much difficulty. 

It can also be done on Click2Mail but it's a little more difficult I think.

There could be some distressed property that a Realtor has listed where they can't get it sold and would work with you, but you'd need to know how to deal with them.You can just skip the basic stuff and head on out, follow some guru or wholesale mentor program, take the low road, bump into problems, have more difficulties, step in it, get pie in your face dealing with other professionals, maybe get a bad reputation and be avoided by others, end up messing over some homeowner, for a few years learning by trial and error, or, you could begin by studying where all the professional types begin and avoid all those issues.

I'm aware of Local Law 18 and I will make this possible investment property as my primary residence as well when this all works out.That said, some people have told me STR is inherently risky and there are difficulties to do so in NYC.

I also gleaned from BP and created a long file of Preferred Lenders from others who had success, and additionally made notes about those that BP folks had difficulties with.

Almost anything affordable with a view that you see around Seattle will have difficulties when to go to build.

(Desirable, but optional)Mortgaged or free and clearI have had difficulty getting all of these pieces together from a list broker and would be interested in hearing if you are getting better results from title.Let me know if you still need a management contract, as I have a few.

., is aimed at the persons or organizations that prey on homeowners in difficulty.

@Patrick Crehan : You may have some difficulty finding a house hack in California within your budget, especially a duplex or triplex.