.: Rancho Cordova, CA - there's a VA hospital down the street, and a Kaiser Permanente around the block.

Individual cities may have additional restrictions.

Quote from @Ryan Brandenburg: I'm a new member in the Southern, California area.

Always check a city’s rent-control laws before investing.

Three major Texas cities have been named in the newly released World’s Best Cities 2026 Top 100 rankings ...

Getting together with others in the space was cathartic, started some relationships and allowed me to conversate with others that understood the day to day of REI.I'm in CA and invest in KC Missouri, not opposed to having in state people/investors too.

 $16800/$525000=0.032.  3.2% + 4.6% =0.078 so you are still left with a pathetic 7.8%.https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/merced/real-estatenote S&P is passive and historically is near 10%/year return.In general, unleveraged RE without value add will not produce the return to justify the effort of residential RE.  

Wanted to share a blog post of mine about how great investing in Kansas City is.

Will not by doing these at our properties- we take good care of them and unless we get cited by the city, forgot this crap 

I'm a single family home flipper who has moved into the Kansas City multifamily market.