Missisauga and Brampton are great for appreciation as claude mentioned they are on a tear, IE over 10% year on year appreciation.Although I grew up near those areas and changed my market as I found cash flow basically impossible, the appreciation is fantastic though if you can stomach the carrying costs

@Zachary Critchettit is impossible to know how much to set aside without knowing what tax bracket you are in.

Success is impossible without failure. 

I've seen threads on BP of investors knowingly buying meth lab houses with skinhead  & junky tenants still living there and whatnot so its not utterly impossible.  

But most importantly you won’t be having to look for temporary housing which in times like these can be a gigantic if not impossible task unto itself.YELLOW TAG: If this happens your home is deemed somewhat structurally damaged but HABITABLE.

Not to dash your hopes but most probate auctions require the bidder to provide vesting in their offer(s), hence are difficult if not impossible to assign.With LA County Public Admin/Guard., most all sales are limited suthority sales subject to court overbid. 

Cash flow is basically impossible in SoCal, so appreciation is your only bet here if you go for properties.

Once you start a family saving money will be difficult to impossible for a long time on a blue collar income. 

The issue here is that my friends have already left the state and using the nonprofit legal aid is going to be difficult, if not impossible.  

But it doesn't make it impossible.