I'm also looking heavily into Laporte, I feel buy and holds in Duneland and rehabs in Laporte are my focus right now.

Depends heavily on the neighborhood, there are no general rule of thumbs that easily apply to the whole city 

Having properties heavily mortgaged scares lenders away (rightfully so)So basically, buying with loans allows you to increase you networth much quicker if properties are appreciating in equity (forced or not) or cashflow.

Polybutylene was used heavily in the 80s. 

It’s been picked over rather heavily over the past decade.  

We are expanding into AirBnBs heavily, and will have over 30 rentals in the next 6 months.

Or will you be heavily involved and readily available for questions?

My parents have both been heavily involved in building and maintaining non profit organizations to benefit others.

It's also a much cheaper alternative to Toronto and just started booming heavily in the past 3 years. 

I would never recommend someone invest in California unless they're very experienced because it is the most heavily regulated, heavily litigated place in the country, maybe the world.